Olja's Pearls

Some paintings are a gift. This one I gave to myself — finished on my 28th birthday, in the month of pearls. Completed in June, this piece carries the quiet magic of that month — pearls are the birthstone of June, and they are woven into the heart of every bloom on this canvas, luminous and soft against the deep crimson of the poppies I have come to call my own.

This painting is about finding my pink again. As a little girl, I had hot pink carpet — bold, unapologetic, entirely my own. Somewhere along the way, I grew up and traded it in for something more sensible. This painting is the moment I stopped being sensible about it. The folk patterns, the butterflies, the blooms — all of it reaches toward joy, toward softness, toward the girl I once was and the woman I am still becoming. It was my husband's love — steady, generous, and unwavering — that made space for that return. He saw the pink in me before I remembered it was there, and this painting exists, in part, because of that.

It is also a painting about connection — to my parents, to the love that shaped me, to the roots that hold me even when I forget they are there. Pearls, after all, are not found. They are formed — slowly, quietly, through layers of time and pressure — until something luminous emerges.

"This painting is for the version of you that is still finding her way back to pink."

36x36 Oil on canvas - June 2026

This painting will come unframed; however, it is painted on the sides. If you choose to frame, every piece can be installed in a frame that you purchase on your own or you have professionally done.

All original paintings are signed by Jessica Tackett on the back of the artwork only. There will be my signature, date, and title of the artwork. Remember, original artwork holds its value well and increases over time!

This piece is wall ready and can be displayed immediately upon arrival.

All artwork is given a coat of high gloss varnish to protect and preserve it for a lifetime.

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