{"product_id":"into-the-gloam-original-oil-painting","title":"Interstate 616 : Beyond Vita - Original oil painting.","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInterstate 616: Beyond Vita\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginal framed oil painting on canvas board, 20\" x 16\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere are signs everywhere. We simply don't always see them.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA solitary car travels towards a line of red traffic lights beneath a sky steeped in crimson. At first, the scene appears to be an ordinary urban journey. But look closer. The road offers a choice: \u003cstrong\u003eVita\u003c\/strong\u003e — life — lies to the left, while \u003cstrong\u003eGloam\u003c\/strong\u003e — the process of growing dark — lies straight ahead.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe car continues forward.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHidden within the road markings and signs is another warning: there is no turning back.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInto the Gloam explores the uneasy space between \u003cstrong\u003echoice and consequence\u003c\/strong\u003e — the moments when we move forward without stopping to question where we are going, despite the signs that may already be telling us otherwise.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe painting asks a simple but unsettling question:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow often do we see the signs only after it is too late to turn?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePainted in oils, the deep reds of the sky and traffic lights create an atmosphere of impending danger, while the distant car draws the viewer into the same journey. The longer you look, the more the ordinary road begins to feel like something else entirely — a metaphor for those choices we make through habit, distraction, ambition, or simply by continuing straight ahead.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSometimes the most dangerous direction is the one that looks like the easiest to follow.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo view the painting in person, contact me by email to arrange a visit to the studio: Woody's Art Studio, FaMAS (Falcon MIll Art Studios), Falcon Mill, Bolton, BL1 8B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf required I can email you further photographs of the painting at your request.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe buyer is welcome to collect the painting or postage is available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodys Art Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59071552487749,"sku":null,"price":340.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1026\/9668\/1797\/files\/IMG_3844_2.jpg?v=1788274069","url":"https:\/\/woodysart.co.uk\/products\/into-the-gloam-original-oil-painting","provider":"Woodys Art Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}