It worked before if you just copy and paste the URL.
Anyway, my jaw dropped when I saw the painting. It's most likely because I saw it first before the photo, but the colour and depth you put into the portrait looks better than the photo itself. I feel as if he's going to ram over me. So, I think you did successfully avoided the "vacant stare."
I like how the face emphasize a nice "dark" and "light" effect. An additional tiny speck of reflection in the left eye would look nice, though. Even if the photo doesn't show off that much.
I also like the highlights done in the hair. Almost golden, from what I see here.
If you don't mind, I saved it.. Because I really like it! Heh.