I just finished the companion panel to the top one completed earlier this year.
One of my clients commissioned me to make a second one. He just loved the first one. The two panels were chosen to be given as a surprise wedding anniversary gift intended for his in-laws who live in California, and vacation twice a year in Kauai, Hawaii ( shhhhh – they don’t know it yet, it’s a year away 🙂 )
I tried to have as much fun making the second one as I did with the first, keeping that freshness, and allowing each painting to work off one another as a pair. I like the view from above, looking down on the active koi.
He was thrilled with the outcome – his comments were: ” they look GREAT together. You did a beautiful job of putting the two of them together. ”
12×12 inches each, oil on panel
Linda,
These panels are vibrant with your dramatic color expressions and lively brush strokes! I can see myself looking right down at the fish through Alice’s wishing glass! Thanks so much for sharing your enthusiasm with the world through your painting. Our gifts need to be shared. They are the good food that happiness grows from!
Pauline
your words are so beautifully felt and expressed. thank you, Pauline!
My first thought was to remark about how perfectly these two paintings go together, but that’s exactly what your client said. So I’ll just say how beautiful they are.
thank you, Carl!