True Pearl

24x24 Indio, California  I wanted to paint you something in all pearlescent colors. The symbolism of a pearl is that it is highly feminine, and a symbol of perfection and incorruptibility. A pearl is perfect as she is. There is no reason for it to be cut or enhanced. It comes from the sea, buried but born perfect. I have always loved your long blonde braid. Your extra bright blue eyes shine like a newborn.  I have never seen someone become a mother the way you became a mother. You exuded so much joy and excitement when you found out Meghan was coming that you taught me that my mother probably felt that way about having me too. It was a powerful lesson to learn. That is the power of your joy. You reminded me how I was waited for. My arrival was anticipated. And when I was born, I was perfect. Because that is what you emulate in a way that I can identify.  We grew up in a socioeconomic society that told us every single way to change every single thing about ourselves. But the way you loo