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This oil painting is in its infancy and is about the shape the Mother and Child makes and the shape in the mountain behind them. Note the heart shape in the mountain that mirrors the interaction and shape the mother and child makes. This exists in the mountain in reality, was strictly by accident I chose to marry the images and, yet, there it is there in plain site!

I started it as both a quest for subject matter for the Congo festival (I looked up Congo points of interest and Congo dress and found these images) and a personal comment on what is happening in my life, as always. To respect copyright laws, I'm turning it into a piece all mine with changing of the clothes into my own, i.e. the clothes will say what the adult in me wears around... my life experiences, what floats inside my head, etc. Its an inspiration, not a copy! 

The child is the child within that carries around questions and comments from the past. The adult is in a loving and accepting form, showing the acceptance of past issues and the caring relationship between present and past. She hears and accepts what the child is and loves him.

Its form will turn into a mixed media oil/collage. As with everything else, more pictures will follow as it nears completion.

Thank you for looking!