Painted before words were enough. Twenty-four ancient symbols of desire, devotion, and the sacred bond — not mere decoration, but a living vocabulary of the heart that artists have spoken across every century.
Long before Valentine's cards — when Aphrodite governed Greece and Venus ruled Rome — lovers spoke through flowers, gestures, and painted symbols. By the Victorian era this became floriography: a secret alphabet where a red rose meant passion, ivy meant fidelity, and every bouquet was an encrypted letter.
"I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees."
— Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (1924)At Sanam Kreations, each romance painting inherits this tradition — every heart and entwined form painted with intention for those who know that love is the oldest art.
Each canvas holds a love story — painted with intention, coloured with longing. Every piece in this collection is an original, handpainted work that carries its symbols with care.
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