{"product_id":"layered-painting-by-ian-van-d-9-10","title":"FAMILY GATHERING","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eYear Produced: 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSize: 8.5” by 11”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eMedium: Watercolor \u0026amp; Wax Pen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWOKE UP WITH THE TELEVISION OFF - A Collection of Ian Van D’s Artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen I sleep, recurring characters appear in the shadows. I see them with long legs, short arms, distorted torsos, and faceless heads, sometimes with a mouth. When I spot them, I can’t move, and neither can they; they simply watch me until I turn on the light and they disappear. These figures hugely inspire my paintings. I draw them intuitively - they come to me as I begin to scribble, and I quickly start to develop their shapes. I work out the figures with a thick layer of greasy dark wax, then add details with needle tools of various sizes. I paint the backgrounds separately, approaching each one as an abstract exercise. I create fields of color that melt, drip, and smear. Eventually, I end up with a stack of paintings and a stack of scratchy drawings, which I pair with the appropriate backgrounds, and then glue together. Through this process, I create unapologetically scary paintings. Each one conveys pain, anxiety, dream-like disorientation, and the strange distance between our minds and our bodies. Together, the paintings invite the viewer into a hilariously terrifying representation of what it feels like to be uncomfortable while awake and scared while asleep.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jared Wesley’s Collaborative Print \u0026 Film Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044067885254,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6704\/1222\/files\/IMG-5767.png?v=1788209093","url":"https:\/\/jaredwesley.shop\/products\/layered-painting-by-ian-van-d-9-10","provider":"Jared Wesley’s Collaborative Print \u0026 Film Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}