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Love at First Sight
A friend here on Elbow Cay posted a photo of her daughter snorkeling. I asked if I could paint her and added the turtle because she looked like she needed some company. And then love blossomed. I imagined what it would feel like — two young creatures, face to face, equally curious. I grew up underwater, and I remember that feeling. The foreignness of it. The wonder.
Then a few years later, an email: a couple had bought the giclée at the Hope Town art show. They were trying for a baby. They loved the painting, hoped their daughter would look just like her. She did. Her name is Sterling, and she swims with turtles in their bay.
Some paintings just keep going.
Love at First Sight · 24×48" · Acrylic on linen
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