This is a copy of Vermeers 'Milkmaid'.

This copy (on the left) is painted using the same technique as Vermeer originally used. His colours are very rich and the light is extremely dramatic. The paint he used was fabricated from sun thincked linseed oils, tree resin etc, much like the formula used by Rembrand.

I painted this on a vey carefully prepared wooden support which was prepared and primed in the manner that he and most other artists of the time used at the time.

Tom J. Byrnes 'Milkmaid'.