True friendship Painting

The 12 keys with one lock symbolises the rareness of true friendship. It also symbolises just how precious true friendship and when found, just how valuable those true gems are. There are 12 keys of music, 12 keys on a keypad, 12 months in a year, 12 hours on a clock face, 12 members to a jury, 12 apostles, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 ribs in a human, 12 inch in a foot, 12 zodiac signs (some say 13 now), 12 year cycle in Asia and it is the symbol of cosmic order. So you see 12 is of major significance for creation, measurement, life, cyclic patterns. This piece was a commission and not for sale. It has pride of place in a collector's home in South-East England