Mercury: The Messenger

I haven't painted many portraits in my life, and to portray one's own child in Angelic form is pretty dicey. There is a strong potential for over-sentimentality here....
Actually my intention was to paint Ashley as a feminine Mercury, The Messenger. In her astrological chart her Virgo Sun, Virgo Ascendant, and Gemini Moon are all ruled by the planet Mercury. She was born to communicate, to give words and form to the numinous world of the soul.
A quote from Astrology, Magic and Alchemy in Art, by Matilda Battistini : "Mercury mediates between the dimension of the manifested and that of the unmanifested". In effect- (s)he is a messenger of the gods or a muse.