'Double Happiness'
22 inches x 18 inches
oil on canvas
framed
$4000
oil on canvas
framed
$4000
Many people have fallen in love with this painting but it has yet to find the perfect home!
Before I knew about the symbols on the vase itself, I enjoyed capturing the sense of abundance flowing from the main object. We have two complementary cascades - one of blue, coming from the upper left, and one of white, coming from the upper right - and then seem to come together in the vase and yield an added bounty of delicate and striking flowers.
Only well after I completed the painting did I learn that the symbols featured there on the pot represent 'Double Happiness' and are a sign of conjugal fidelity. Therefore it appears that it was purely by happy accident that, while arranging a composition I thought to be beautiful, I also rendered a kind of image of the goodness that flows forth from the faithfulness of a married couple.
Since that discovery, I have known that this piece is meant for a particular place and will find its way there.
Before I knew about the symbols on the vase itself, I enjoyed capturing the sense of abundance flowing from the main object. We have two complementary cascades - one of blue, coming from the upper left, and one of white, coming from the upper right - and then seem to come together in the vase and yield an added bounty of delicate and striking flowers.
Only well after I completed the painting did I learn that the symbols featured there on the pot represent 'Double Happiness' and are a sign of conjugal fidelity. Therefore it appears that it was purely by happy accident that, while arranging a composition I thought to be beautiful, I also rendered a kind of image of the goodness that flows forth from the faithfulness of a married couple.
Since that discovery, I have known that this piece is meant for a particular place and will find its way there.