Adirondack Gold

Glory to the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate, New York where John Serafin grew up.  This abstract scene espouses the beauty of the mountains and the life source of the sun.  The painting captures what one knows when hiking and mountain climbing; that feeling that one is surrounded by the most precious things on Earth.

This is a fine art print of John's original watercolor painting.   Here in Austin, TX, the prints are made on quality matte paper. The print has a white border to help you fit it in a frame or use a matte.  

If you'd like another size print, just email the measurements and I will try to make a print to fit your frame!  Please specify the exact size you would like in an email.  Let's work together.

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The Church of the Hacienda was painted in 2005 in the snowy winter of Syracuse, NY.  In 2009, John and Susie moved to Phoenix, AZ, where this painting hung naturally in their home for 10 years.  The saguaro cactus in front of the church only grows in the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona and California, and in Sonora, Mexico.  Saguaros are very beautiful, many animals call them home, and Native Americans honored them. Saguaros are very beautiful and many animals call them home. The saguaro seems at home in front of the church, protected and loved.

Roses, or Olives?

Roses are red, violets are blue.....

While living in Israel in 1983, I fell in love with this song about roses.  Here's the poem transliterated into English:

Evening of roses
Let us go out to the grove
Myrrh, perfumes, and Frankincense
Is the carpet under your feet

Night falls slowly
And a wind of rose blows
Let me whisper a song for you slowly
A song of love

Dawn and the dove coos
Your hair is full of dewdrops
Your lips are as roses unto the morning
I will pick them for myself

Erev Shel Shoshanim (English: Evening of Lilies or Evening of Roses; the Hebrew word shoshana has been identified with both flowers[1]) is a poetic Hebrew love song.

This painting is originally titled by John, Flowers with Olives.  The contrast between the two is easy to comprehend.  John was into symbolism, so, perhaps love is bitter at times?  Or, more than a dozen roses certainly outnumbers 3 olives, so, perhaps love always rebounds and reseeds and blooms again and again.  I'd like to think it's the latter.