Gigi has dark hair, gray eyes, and stands around 5'7. She appears to be in her early 20s.

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The Lady
painting by Vioderick Milais

The subject was painted with graceful lines, an exposed neck with no jewelry, a fine jaw, a delicate ear, long fingered hands. The young woman’s hair is dark and kept back from her face. The painter chose to mix the shadows with blue-black, giving it a depth. Her expression is assured but wary, with her chin held a touch high. She is looking directly at the viewer, gray eyes full of light. They might gleam with humor, something the artist must have worked on for a good long time. The set of her mouth is solemn.

The artist chose to paint the young woman in the process of finishing her toilette. She is already wearing a red patterned gown with billowing sleeves—perhaps more of a robe, not quite buttoned over a paler chemise. The artist shows off his ability to play with light and darkness with the fabric. By her left hand is a small table with sewing-slash-jewelry box, a hawking glove casually thrown down. In her right hand, she holds a dangly earring, with the light sharp and bright off one of its jewels.

A raven, which the artist has painted mostly blending in with the darkness of the portrait's background (lighting draws the focus to the young woman), is perched on a window sill (the viewer can just see a sliver of window) above the table with the small sewing box. The raven's beak is open, and it seems to be stretching to steal the earring while the young woman regards you, the viewer.

“Every life has death and every light has shadow. Be content to stand in the light and let the shadow fall where it will.”
― Mary Stewart, The Hollow Hills