{"product_id":"place-in-the-city","title":"Place in the City","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI think of this painting as a place where two worlds meet. The deep burgundy ground gives the painting a sense of weight, while the lighter, brighter colours seem to rise from it, much like city lights twinkling against the darkness.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt makes me think about our place in the city now, in Montreal. After spending so much time surrounded by the landscape and forest at home, there is something quite different about looking upward at a city at night. The darkness is punctuated by windows, streetlights and the glow of buildings. And then there is the bright light atop one of Montreal’s tallest buildings, sweeping endlessly across the night sky in a spiral so that airplanes can find their way.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is something grounding in knowing that we can belong to more than one landscape. The city has its own patterns, rhythms and marks—and this painting is my way of finding a place within them.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eOriginal abstract painting\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eAcrylics on canvas\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e24 x 36 x 1.5\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\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":48130812182693,"sku":null,"price":1860.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/5576\/3621\/files\/02-on-the-wall_SQUARE_6d5ff072-7483-4eeb-b82d-1d7a26c9a06c.jpg?v=1787275070","url":"https:\/\/clairedesjardins.com\/products\/place-in-the-city","provider":"Claire Desjardins, Fine Artist","version":"1.0","type":"link"}