Sunday, February 8, 2015

Getting love in the picture

 Sing a loving song (work in progress)
Acrylic on canvas
8 x 8 inches
Barbara Muir © 2015
The house is full of Valentine's decorations.
And here is my card image -- very close
to finished.  There've been some changes
since you last saw it.

Why a bluebird?  After my mother died
on Canadian Thanksgiving in 2013,
my friend took me for a walk in our
neighbourhood park with her dog to
comfort me.  High in the branches of
an improbable tree was the
most magnificent and improbable bird --
a blue bird.  I'd never seen one before.
And it felt like a gift of love.

Et voilà, as we say in French -- there it
is.  The two are linked in my mind, and
here in this little image for my card.
I hope you are planning a love filled
week -- whether with family, a special
someone, or a friend.  Spread the love.
That's the bluebird's message

Have a spreading-the-love day

2 comments:

  1. o Barbara seeing that bluebird was such a gift. i believe birds can be spirit messengers. how lovely your valentine painting

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  2. Hi Sally,

    It was a gift. That may be true. When someone you love dies, the entire world is imbued with a deep significance. And birds have always held a special place in my heart.
    Happy Valentine's Day to you!

    XOXOXOXOXO Barbara

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