and then things happen, quite remarkably

 TITLE: Thine and Thou, Together. Prints available in my etsy shop.

it's so funny to me sometimes how things just work out. this painting is the first i've done with two characters. i painted it with the intention of expressing the comfort and love i feel whenever i open myself up to friendships and togetherness. 

i just adore the red bird's asymmetrical spikes and the simplicity that the blue bird brings to their relationship. these little birds sat on my studio table, just like this. and i thought i needed to add a visual element between them, to further emphasize their togetherness.

but i decided to get some work done at my favorite coffeeshop instead. i usually work from home, but it's been rainy and i couldn't work outside on the patio, so i packed up and got out. and it seems whenever i do that, things happen. 

this time, i was sitting at the coffeeshop and had to switch tables to plug in. and once i did, i overheard two women at the table beside me talking about tai chi. as they were packing up, i started a conversation with one of the ladies and ended up showing her my website. she adored my owl paintings and was interested in one in particular.

now, i know it's a bit weird, but i  invited her over to see the original in my studio. she loved it! then she noticed this painting with the two birds, and she knew it was the piece she must have instead.

 and as we stood in my studio, she read the words on the blue bird's belly, "thine and thou," and i said that was completely unintentional. yet when i look, those words are right there at the center and she said, "that seems to me to be the focus of the entire piece." and so it's name was born, and it couldn't be more appropriate.

 
the definition of thine-"used to indicate the one or ones belonging to thee" and thou "used to indicate the one being addressed." to me those words sum up my intention of painting a piece devoted to togetherness and foreverness, not just on a physical level, but in every way, THINE and THOU, TOGETHER.

it's kind of wonderful when those things happen and reminds me things are always moving forward and falling into place. even without planning, things happen, quite remarkably. 

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