A New Relic = Mother Mary

Headaches seem to have subsided - YAY! - and so I've finally been able to really get back to my art.  This is a piece that has been in production for about six months, off and on, that I showed you in my last post.  Well, it is nearing completion....finally.  You see, it is a piece of extremes.  Each step swings back and forth between gorgeousness and utter failure.  Currently, it is gorgeous. 

I'm still having some camera trouble.  Here it is in natural light and then with flash: