{"product_id":"making-things-right","title":"Making Things Right","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlues and greens form the foundation of this painting, bringing to mind water, vegetation and the natural world. Across the surface, patterned white lines move over the colour, creating a kind of visual rhythm. They feel at once decorative and purposeful, as though they are recording something I have seen or felt.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI kept thinking about the Indigenous artworks that stayed with me after our travels through Australia and Africa—the way artists have used repeated patterns and simplified forms to create a stylized language drawn from the world around them. I’m interested in that impulse: taking what we see in nature and transforming it into marks that feel instinctive and human.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe title, Making Things Right, feels connected to that process. There is something calming about arranging marks, shapes and colour until they begin to feel as though they belong together.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eOriginal abstract painting\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eAcrylic on canvas\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e30 x 40 x 1.5\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clairedesjardins.com\/collections\/in-the-beginning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eView collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Claire Desjardins, Fine Artist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48130778103973,"sku":null,"price":2460.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/5576\/3621\/files\/02-on-the-wall_2_SQUARE_d11cd250-410e-41ff-b7c7-056f0d5eed16.jpg?v=1787054723","url":"https:\/\/clairedesjardins.com\/products\/making-things-right","provider":"Claire Desjardins, Fine Artist","version":"1.0","type":"link"}