Featured CAMEOS: Show & Tell or Ask & Answer

"less than masterly execution" - not getting on him for hands. Every artist I've even known has had trouble with hands. That face...oh dear. Poor girl. It makes you wonder how much real training he had as an artist.

 

It does rather, & not just the face. But I think Picasso had complete control, while Schmoll seems never to have mastered perspective. Here the head, the shoulders & the arm could each belong to a different individual.

Now I can think of this one as Picasso-esque instead of just skewed:

 

It could be quite possible, Picasso saw Schmoll's cameos and it sparked his art.

That cameo is very pretty. I judge cameos by lines and degrees of carvings. Because I marvel at anyone who can carve something so small, and actually make it look detailed. In your cameo, a person would know what everything is. You can see detail in everything. It's actually is a nice capture, and quite unique. Well worth owning. I really like the one at auction now. I just can't afford it. The cameo will be ready this week, and I've bought a few other things.