{"product_id":"lollipop-round-oil-painting","title":"Lollipop ~ Round Oil Painting","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cem\u003eLollipop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30-inch diameter round\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil on maple wood professional panel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCopyright 2018-2019 Kelly Borsheim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReady to hang; Frame not necessary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     One of the best things about \u003cstrong\u003echildhood is how care-free and natural it feels\u003c\/strong\u003e.  A protected and safe child is free to explore the world and see it with his young eyes.  Everything is new.  Almost everything is of interest.  It is a joyful time before the weight of the world of adults comes ‘round.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     In 2013, I went to \u003cstrong\u003ePontremoli, Italy\u003c\/strong\u003e, with my friend and colleague \u003cstrong\u003eKumiko Suzuki\u003c\/strong\u003e, to carve stone for their annual \u003cstrong\u003eMedieval Festival in August\u003c\/strong\u003e.  We were asked to carve huge chunks of horribly cracked marble, and make something worth keeping.  However, we had to do it in just a few days and almost all by hand!  The stone was in bad shape because it had been pulled out of the \u003cstrong\u003eMagra River\u003c\/strong\u003e.  Thus, most of my time in Pontremoli was working close to the water.  And there, I watched the children play and frankly, wanted to join them.  It was a relaxing weekend and reminded me of a simpler time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     In this painting \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLollipop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, I not only wanted to capture that moment of the boy, oblivious to anyone else around him and just “being,” but also I wanted to paint with more texture [this is mostly a \u003cstrong\u003epalette knife painting\u003c\/strong\u003e], get some depth into the image, and move away from the traditional skin-tone palette that I have learned in Florence, Italy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     In fact, some years ago I was introduced to the work of \u003cstrong\u003eVojtěch Adalbert Hynais\u003c\/strong\u003e (1854 - 1925), a Czech painter.  A friend got some great close-up photographs of some Hynais artwork he saw in Prague.  The subtle shifts from cool to warm colors in the skin tones of the artist’s figures was much lovelier than anything I have seen on the Internet by Hynais.  Subtlety has rarely been my strong point, but this is a direction for which to strive!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e     Another inspiration was the Spanish artist Sorolla.  He painted children and their mothers at the beach, bathed in sunlight.  Such beautiful works!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       Here is \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLollipop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and I hope it brings back memories of freedom from worry and a time in which we accepted our natural curiosities about everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreating Lollipop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e     Many years ago, I bought some wonderful maple wood professionally made panels for oil painting.  They are an inch thick!  The largest one I bought was a 30-inch diameter circle.  In 2017 I had many of my personal things and larger art-making things shipped to Italy, but I have been contemplating what to do on this round board for a long time now.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Pics to follow]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     You may have seen the instructional video series that I made of Lollipop either on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/KellyBorsheim\" title=\"Kelly Borsheim on Patreon for artist support\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatreon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e or on\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/kellyborsheim\" title=\"Instructional videos by Kelly Borsheim on YouTube\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e my YouTube channel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.  I explain there some of the design choices I made.  Here is a little taste in this 36-SECOND promo:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fmzTJ_1Msqo\" title=\"short video Painting Lollipop Child in Nature\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/fmzTJ_1Msqo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/borsheim-arts.myshopify.com\/pages\/contact\" title=\"Contact Borsheim Arts Studio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContact The Artist About This Artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Borsheim Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35173293686933,"sku":"Lollipop Painting","price":4200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6318\/0693\/products\/Singulart_Borsheim_Lollipop_BoyOnRiverRocks_DSC1859-USE.jpg?v=1594652314","url":"https:\/\/borsheimarts.com\/zh-tw\/products\/lollipop-round-oil-painting","provider":"Borsheim Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}