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Memory

3/4/2020

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Memory (Sami & Cindy)
"Memory"  (Sami and Cindy) - acrylic on cradled wood panel, 12" x 6" x 1.75".  Ready to hang.  NFS.

​​We actually inhabit memory as a living threshold, as a place of choice and volition and imagination, a crossroads where our future diverges according to how we interpret, or perhaps more accurately, how we live the story we have inherited." DAVID WHYTE, Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words

One of the winners of our Valentine's Day Love Story Contest, this couple represents the epitome of how surprising love can be.  Cindy and Sami met during a chance encounter in France. Here is an excerpt  from their story:

On our last day in Rouen, I had been taking photos and had noticed a nice looking, tall  man with salt and pepper hair wearing a red fedora, a burgundy jacket and white pants carrying shopping bags in the street...but decided I should not intrude on his privacy, so did not ask permission to photograph him. That evening ... while walking to meet my daughter and son in law at the Cathedral for dinner ... I nearly ran into this man again. He grabbed my hand, told me how great I smelled, asked my name in French, told me his name and said he was going to be my boyfriend!! 
Since that day, these two love birds have perfected a long distance romance (United States to France) which now includes planning to spend their golden years together.  A chance encounter at a crossroads where the future diverged - and suddenly became a love story! 

Thank you, Cindy and Sami, for sharing your story, and for showing us all it is never too late for happily ever after.  Awwwwwwww.

About the painting  (the first collaboration of Jovan and Smith!) - a deeply saturated, textured background in acrylic paint (allowed to thoroughly dry) followed by acrylic mixed with white gesso to form the figures on top.  The background comes forward again Sami's shirt and as the base layer of Cindy's top.
8 Comments
Dotty Seiter link
3/5/2020 01:29:33 pm

Sami and Cindy! Magnifique!

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jen
3/5/2020 02:33:41 pm

Oui! Oui! Hooray!

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Carolyn Laudati
3/5/2020 02:07:31 pm

What a beautuful.live story and a wonderful collaboration! Xoxo

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jen
3/5/2020 02:34:17 pm

Carolyn! We love this story.....so fun!

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Candis Ladenburg
3/5/2020 03:22:32 pm

I love everything about this!

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Jen
3/5/2020 07:30:41 pm

Candis! Yay! Thank you...you're up for next week! We are absolutely loving this LOVE project!

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Carol Edan link
3/6/2020 01:52:42 am

So happy to start the day with a beautiful love story!

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jen
3/6/2020 01:21:41 pm

Carol! It totally made my day sparkly!

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