Two youthful birds in the first few moments of venturing out on their first true flight, a blossoming yellow camellia their starting point. The camellia represents excellence and beauty, admiration and perfection, and gratitude. Also associated with auspiciousness and peace, the flower signifies fortune, victory, happiness, longevity, a happy marriage, and the bond of love. Birds, throughout folklore, have long signified beauty and an ethereal quality, fragility, and have symbolized the soul or spirit. Birds in flight are usually seen as signifying freedom. This is an original Chinese brush painting on a 12x12" birch wood panel.