i love it when a beautiful painting has a beautiful name that adds to making the painting even better.

like how catherine hyde painted this dreamy image of an owl and titled it ‘The soft night descending’ … i think of it often:

or how mary l. macomber titled this painting ‘night and her daughter sleep’ … the poetic richness of it all:

i could go on but as someone who loves paintings and loves poetic turns of phrase this is one of life’s little delights!!