{"product_id":"lindsey-the-mirror","title":"Lindsey (The Mirror)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe point of view in this canvas is not mine and it is not yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe lifts her shirt just far enough that you almost cannot not look, and she shows nothing. Her weight is on one leg. That is where the balance comes from, and it is why she reads as sure of herself rather than caught at it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatch what she is actually looking at. Work out whose point of view it is and the whole painting changes. It took me an embarrassingly long time to see what I had done, and I had done it on purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt stopped because she has no interest in you whatsoever. You are not going to reach her, and once that was on the canvas there was nothing left for me to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you do with it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInspired by a photograph of \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/lindsey-pelas\"\u003eLindsey Pelas\u003c\/a\u003e. Second of two canvases of Lindsey.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBuying it is the easy part\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe photograph this came from was made to be scrolled past. It got three seconds, if that. This canvas took weeks, and it will hang on a wall for years and be seen every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrdering it takes a minute. Deciding where it goes is the part that takes nerve, because everyone who walks into that room will see it and think something. That part is yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout this work\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal oil on canvas. One of a kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e — 100 × 80 cm (height × width)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition\u003c\/strong\u003e — one of one, signed. Not a print and not an edition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/painted-idols\"\u003ePainted Idols\u003c\/a\u003e, oil portraits of women who are looked at for three seconds at a time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStudio\u003c\/strong\u003e — Boekel, the Netherlands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShipping\u003c\/strong\u003e — insured from the Netherlands, certificate of authenticity included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Willem van der Krieken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56959508840788,"sku":null,"price":700.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/9406\/6004\/files\/Girl_in_the_Mirror_5cfd8cc9-34ee-44c7-bb8c-2672448190d5.jpg?v=1788028119","url":"https:\/\/paintedidols.com\/products\/lindsey-the-mirror","provider":"Painted Idols","version":"1.0","type":"link"}