Unity
(July 2004; painted in PhotoShop)
This was a commission for MMC Greetings, a greeting card company specializing in Pagan themes. This was for a handfasting card and depicts a couple's hands bound with a red cord, as is traditional in handfastings. The sepia-toned black and white of the hands is to imply ethnic inclusiveness, so that each hand could be of any culture or ethnicity (i.e. colour doesn't matter, unity is unity regardless); having the cord be the only vividly-coloured thing in the painting symbolizes the life, vitality, and depth of the union of the couple, which itself has been traditionally symbollized by the tying of the hands in handfasting.
Prints are available here through DeviantArt (click the Prints Available link above); greeting cards can be purchased through MMC Greetings. T-shirts and other product types my follow at MMC Greetings.
Please note that this image is Copyrighted (©) MMC Greetings and may not be used for any purpose without their prior written permission. This image is not copyrighted to me as does not fall under my usage guidelines. For permissions or further information, please contact MMC Greetings directly.
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