Yes. She looks very sweet and the paint looks nice and buttery. The bright colors and lighting lend a quality as if when she walks into a room, the place lights up, faces brighten and joy abounds because the goddess has graced us with her presence. Super painting.
One of the things I find successful is the ratio of purposeful portrait painting to the flashy decorative stylistic marks used as effects. It's as if you've been experimenting with seasonings for a meal and hit on a way in which the seasoning brings out the natural flavor of the meat and vegetables rather than the seasonings drawing so much attention to themselves.
And of course continuing with the food analogy, one seasons to please their palette. Sometimes subtle is good. Other times something strong is called for.
Steve has something there. It does have a bit of a 1940s feel, which I've always been crazy about as a period for illustration. Straight away seeing that style for a beautiful lady, it gives a movie starlet from the days of the big studios -- that glamorous actress ambiance.
"Not a bit is wasted and the best is yet to come. . ." -- remembered from a dream
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, the way you mix colour that is awesome
