JOHN HENRY FOLLEY
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'Double Happiness'

22 inches x 18 inches
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. 

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