La Luce nei Tuoi Occhi (Portrait of Barry)

It is said that the eyes are the mirror to the soul. If that is true, and if one can capture something of what can be seen in the eyes of another in a painting, does it follow that one can succeed in capturing something of his soul in a painting? In all of my portraits, I endeavor to capture something of the spirit of the sitter. But in this portrait, I specifically wanted to capture that moment when one seems a gleam in the eyes of another person. I hope I have succeeded in doing that.