Let’s fast forward another 25 or 30 years for this couple.  That’s what life does doesn’t it, it moves fast.  That once beaming couple find themselves older.  They’re more tired and have some aches and pains that no longer seem to go away.  Their skin is creased by both smiles and tears and their hair has lost some color along the way.

They have lived so much life together and have been through so much.  More chairs have become empty and yet somehow filled again with new friends and family.  Their lives have pulled apart then come back again and now they are so close it’s as if they’re not whole without the other.  The life they have lived and built together is entirely their own, much like their love story.  Now the fast-paced life they’d never gotten used to has slowed down.  They have time to reflect on the past and dwell on the future. Yet their love burns like embers that cannot be extinguished.  The bond between them is like a soothing balm that surrounds the words they no longer need to use to fill the silence.  As they watch the sunsets together, they know they’re lucky.  They’re lucky to have found one another, to have held on to one another and to still be by the others side and they treasure all the sunsets they still have.

Meaning behind this painting:   The love birds represent deep affection, lasting bonds and enduring friendship.  The deep sunset-like colored layers represent the saturated life they have lived and the big changes that have happened during it.  The flowers represent joyful friendship (yellow rose) and filled with love (violet) and they are also traditional 50th wedding anniversary flowers.