Avary Lanier

I've been going non-stop since basically November and I've managed to fit in a lot in that time. Plenty of work stuff, some holiday stuff (including a trip to Japan, which I'm eager to share work from soon), and we slipped in a few tintypes, too. 

Just before the holidays, Jared and I made a series of commissioned tintypes, including portraits of the family of Bruce Lanier. From those portraits comes this image of his daughter Avary. 

I still haven't figured out why I'm so drawn to this portrait. Obviously her hair and freckles and jacket are perfect, but there's something in her eyeballs or presence that makes this one of my favorite portraits we have made (as part of Gusdugger).