Greetings @incublus ,
Appreciate your kind response to the painting....thank you!
Although I do appreciate the story of Saint Valentine...and posted a Snap for Valentine's Day of Tulips....This painting was inspired by Tulips. As the artist I always try to keep in mind the viewer....the viewer brings to the painting his frame of reference.... naming a painting very simply in order not to distract from the viewer's enjoyment of the work. If someone desires to connect the painting with Valentine's Day ...it is their choice.....and makes sense, however someone else may not....hope this explanation makes sense. ^__^
'How long did it take for you to complete it?' you queried.
A query that comes to me many times....if I told you that it has been in my mind for over a year....thinking on it from time to time...that might be hard to believe. Arranging the composition, colours, subject matter before ever lifting a brush. The painting of it is a very short time, comparatively, that's the easy part.....perhaps three weeks.
Kind Regards,
Bleujay
Thank you very much for responding like an artist. You are right, it takes longer to produce a work than you think because you have to plan it and visualize it in your head first.
I respect your work and I understood your answer very well