Happy Anniversary!

I dedicate this post to my incredible, loving, inspiring, talented, very patient and handsome husband of 19 years today! He truly is my best friend. I was thinking of doing a long and deep post, but I don't feel deep today. I simply feel happy.
To celebrate the occasion, I did this painting, which was somewhat of an experiment. (I tried to take photos that showed the colors correctly, but it was hard). I played around with heavy gel medium for the waves and also the sky and houses. It gave it really great layers and texture (which again reminds me of our marriage).
I also discovered that when I use a thinner layer of gel medium, you can still see the background through it. You can see it in the sky - all the color is from the first paint layer, under the gel medium. I used a plastic knife to get the wave texture and really love how it looks.
And here a couple of pictures from our wedding in California. This was our first wedding - the second one was in Germany a month later. We got married outdoors followed by a potluck - it was a perfectly happy day filled with love, family and friends! We were so young... (and my hair was still so long and dark!)

Wishing all of you much happiness!!