'St. Mary's Cathedral'

One of the greatest privileges as an artist is to create a piece that is extremely meaningful to someone.  Recently I was given the opportunity to paint St. Mary's Cathedral as it was the site of a wedding that took place this summer.  As I love including imagery that is rich with symbols, this was such a pleasure.

• In this painting, the lace symbolizes bridal lace which has historically represented building or beginning something new. 
  
• Clouds in different shapes and colours are symbolic of overcoming challenges together, of growth and change. 
  
• The clock in the lower right corner represents the time that you get to spend together.
  
• Light spilling from the entrance symbolizes stepping into the future together with joy. 
  
• While I created the underpainted layers, I also inscribed 'love is patient, love is kind' though after adding more layers of colour and pattern all that is left is the word 'love' on the church.
  

Creating this piece was especially poignant and I am absolutely grateful for this gift.