{"product_id":"arrangement-in-green-and-black-14","title":"Arrangement in Green and Black #14","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e11\" x 14” in on 13\" x 19” paper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e28  x 35 cm on 33 x 48 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eEdition of 12 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003e2005\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003eThe series, \u003cem\u003eArrangement in Green and Black, Portrait of the Photographer’s Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, had serendipitous beginnings.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI found a small print of Whistler’s painting, \u003cem\u003eArrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Painter’s Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, at a neighborhood garage sale.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAs I stood among the piles of discarded belongings, I started thinking about the idea of portraiture, the strong compositional relationships going on within Whistler’s painting, and the evocative nature of unassuming details.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI wanted to create something influenced by the painting, but I wasn’t sure what.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThere seemed to be an abundance of garage sales that weekend, because shortly after, I found a leopard coat and hat, a 1950’s cat painting, and what looked like the exact chair from Whistler’s painting.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI knew I was on to something.$\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003eI decided to explore Whistler’s painting through humor and the connections between the wardrobe and the props.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI also looked at this series as a way to utilize all the things I loved doing - spending time with my proper, yet hilarious mother, going to garage sales and swap meets, searching ebay, styling sets, taking photographs, and painting.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMy mother was a willing model but could not understand why anyone would be interested seeing her dressed up as Elvis or wearing a bathing suit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eArrangement in Green and Black \u003c\/em\u003eincorporates traditional photography techniques yet becomes richer with the treatment of hand painting.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt is my intent to have the viewer see the work in a historical context with the addition of color, and at the same time, experience Whistler’s simple, yet brilliant formula for the composition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003eThe series took two years to complete photography, and then another 6 months to paint the images. 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