one of the first jobs from China

This is one of the first jobs i have done from china. its for the hartford courant(american paper). it was an article about this ella fitzgerald musical show that started in hartford and is now returning or something like that. the art director was great to work with she said just give me a great looking portrait and was cool with everything i had. i'm trying to get some Chinese visual influences while i'm here. I could'nt really go crazy with this one because it is supposed to be americana jazz but i will incorporate some more chinese like florals and etc... later on in something!