{"product_id":"pandora-dreaming-in-blue","title":"Pandora (Dreaming in Blue)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNothing in her face asks for anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is looking away, eyes almost closed. Subtle, elegant, and completely undefended. All of the innocence is in that look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen there is the gown, which is open, and a body it is not covering, and a posture that knows considerably more than the face lets on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeeks in front of that and it never once held still. Innocence turns into seduction, seduction turns into wanting. I have never worked out how one image does all three at the same time. It is still doing it, and now it is doing it at you instead of at me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you do with it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInspired by a photograph of \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/pandora-kaaki\"\u003ePandora Kaaki\u003c\/a\u003e.\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":56959509725524,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/9406\/6004\/files\/PandooraKaaki_292017c9-10b0-426f-8c5a-03e5fe0a94ec.webp?v=1788028128","url":"https:\/\/paintedidols.com\/products\/pandora-dreaming-in-blue","provider":"Painted Idols","version":"1.0","type":"link"}