That Old Black Magic

This one's dedicated to my friend Christine whose beautiful paintings conjure up a special magic of their own. Her lovely temptresses enchant me and make me sigh with longing to be able to paint the way she does. Here's my own temptress, inspired by Christine's bevy of beauties…

My thanks to the following stock providers:

Woman: dreamstime [link] and bobbistock [link]
Black leopards: isselee at dreamstime [link] and [link]
Flower in hair and poppies: bluesse [link] and vallendesterstock [link]
Bottle: mirandarose-stock [link]
Plants: wammyp [link] and [link] and jlstock [link]
Magic mist: cloki at istockphoto [link]
Background and textures: resurgere [link] , hibbary [link] and anodyne-stock [link]