{"title":"The Collection","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"green-1","title":"Hidden Predator","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #009900;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHIDDEN PREDATOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginal Abstract (1\/1)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtist John Gaisford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize 100x100x3.5cm Box\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMedium Acrylic on Cotton canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncluding Certificate of Authenticity signed by John Gaisford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis painting was born based on a fun query as to how much information the brain requires before it can jump to a conclusion and fill in the gaps.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA single dot on a page means little to most, but increasing the number of dots and patterns forms either ’friend or foe’. \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a primitive function we all possess to one degree or another. We all know in our awake conscious self that such a thing doesn’t exist, but our primitive unconscious is not going to take any chances.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt takes a long time to formulate the idea and present the piece to canvas - a kind of reverse engineering if you will. Proportionately more time is spent thinking about the piece than the application of paint to canvas.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are a number of my paintings that follow this process of subject, thought, and colour.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a final note, there are no points for seeing what I see, it’s personal to you. 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Sometimes they pass through tall grass forests, completely hidden except for the occasional snorts, trumpets, or flash of their extended trunks.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgain, this painting was born based on a fun query as to how much information the brain requires before it is able to jump to a conclusion and fill in the gaps. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA single dot on a page means little to most, but increasing the number of dots and patterns forms either ’friend or foe?’ It's a primitive function we all possess to one degree or another. We all know in our awake conscious self that such a thing doesn’t exist, but our primitive unconscious is not going to take any chances. It takes a long time to formulate the idea and present the piece on canvas, A kind of reverse engineering if you like. 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