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A Bleeding Heart has been juried in to the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society’s 31st Annual Juried Exhibition and will be on display at the Crary Art gallery in Warren, Pennsylvania from October 1st through November 14th.
This original piece of art is titled ”A Bleeding Heart”. It is painted on a full sheet of Saunders Waterford cold press and signed by the artist.
You have to imagine that I have a bleeding heart flower in my hand as I tell you the tale.
Once upon a time there lived a beautiful princess. Young men from far and near came to try to win her heart. But the princess was very vain and would have nothing to do with any of them. A young prince from a neighboring country fell deeply in love with her. She ignored him like the others, though he tried and tried to win her love. One day the prince found a pair of pretty pink rabbits at the market.
At this point, I pull off the two outer pink petals and set each on it side to show the animals.
He sent them to the princess thinking,"these will surely melt her heart." But the princess went right on ignoring him. Then the prince sent her a pair of beautiful earrings.
Next I separate the two inner white petals and hold them up next to my ears.
Still the princess would have nothing to do with him. The young prince was so heartbroken that he took his dagger and drove it into his heart.
The remaining centre of the flower in my hand is shaped like an outline of a heart with a line down the centre. I hold the heart up, remove the dagger-like line, and plunge the "knife" through the heart's centre.
The princess, realizing too late that she did love the prince, cried out, "My heart shall bleed for my prince forever more!" and her heart bleeds to this day.
In addition to the original painting a number of high quality print options are offered:
A limited edition of 80 giclee prints, each hand signed by the artist and supplied with a custom designed certificate of authenticity. Available in a choice of sizes and materials; 12 by 16, 16 by 22, and 20 by 28 inches on velvet fine art paper or high quality canvas. Canvas prints are supplied stretched over a wooden frame (‘stretcher bars’) and may be either hung as is, or placed inside a conventional frame. Limited edition prints are printed to order, so if you have a specific size that you would like we can accommodate that - just send us an email! Please allow approximately one week extra for delivery of canvas prints.
Open edition giclee prints, sized 8.5 by 11 inches, are printed on velvet fine art paper using archival inks and are hand signed.
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