Original Painting, Bless You And Keep You

This watercolor and acrylic painting on watercolor paper measures 8"x8" and ships flat, unmounted. The Hebrew in the heading reads: "Y'varechecha Adonai V'yishmarecha", or "May God Bless You And Keep You," and is part of the Rabbinic Blessing in Judaism. The painting features an upside-down Hamza with the image of a house weathering a dangerous storm, symbolizing the strife all go through in life, sometimes in more intense bursts of sorrow or terror. Yet the background field of flowers and the inscription share a sense of inspiration-- the admirer of this piece can be sure that they have not been abandoned; that though a storm rages, there are flowers yet to be seen beyond the crashing lighting and roiling clouds.