Description: My Marriage in Full Bloom begins where most marriages are invited to go deeper — past the ceremony, past the declaration, into the living, breathing act of partnership.

The painting was built in layers, the way a marriage is. The first layer: green and yellow, soil and movement — health, rootedness, love as a living thing. The second layer brought small flowers. The third, larger tulips reaching upward. The fourth — a single yellow tulip filling seventy percent of the canvas — wide open, unhurried, fully arrived. An image of what marriage offers when you let it: richness, warmth, the particular deliciousness of a life genuinely shared.

The final layer of acrylic sits over all of it. A protection. A softening. A reminder that beneath every calm surface, something is always in bloom.

This painting is not about a wedding day. It is about the garden you tend after. It is a daily visual reminder that the love is there — rooted, layered, and opening still.

Affirmations:

• My marriage is healthy, deep, and in full bloom.

• I love that we both love being in this marriage.

• I love how we both tend so beautifully to our deepening marriage

Medium: 4 layers of finger painted acrylic and 1 layer of acrylic spray

Year: 2026