{"title":"still \u0026 archaic","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFrom still lifes, subliminal spaces, to reimagined visions of classical mythology, each of these pieces emulate their own magic and narrative. There is meditation upon the expected; anticipation of the unexpected; creation occurs through self-forgetting. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA topography of earth tones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003eDouble gesture; the colour of your breath,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003elaugh lines glimmer; I slip and wake up to\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003eshimmer under terracotta depths.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003eA fluster of marigold, muse of death,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003ehumming of sand, and the sagelike sun knew\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003edouble gestures; the colour of your breath,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003eContained at the borders of skin and left\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003eTo hold your ochre skin like tree rings who\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003eshimmer under terracotta depths.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003eCitrus and clay huts in the catchment, cleft\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003edown the ridges of a long spine and drew\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003edouble gestures; the colour of your breath,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003eBetween slices of bread and olives swept\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003ea wild forest, wanderlust your lungs flew,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003eshimmered under terracotta depths.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003eA landslide into hope, white tea to left\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003eof true north, a muddied aperture used\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003edouble gestures; the colour of your breath,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003eself promise whistles over the marsh, steps\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003einto the roof of your sweet lips, home through\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003edouble gestures; the colour of your breath\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003eshimmers under terracotta depths.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"texteditor-inline-lineheight\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"space-can-be-acted-within","title":"Space can be acted within","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e20x20. Oil painting on canvas, ready to hang. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’ve always loved superimposed images and double exposure photography. There is something so visceral about the way they embody the transience and flux of memory in time: certain things stand out to us, burrowed deep into the folds of years past and yet some impressions stand out clear as day, as real as the texture of your favourite coat, or the crisp lines of building contours. I read somewhere in a psychology textbook on sensation and perception that “objects can be acted upon, while space can be acted within.”  The book’s focus was on perceptual operations and sensory stimulus and response, but something about this sentence struck out to me, generating an automatic, abstract response in the form of a painting. An array of lights slants down in an arrow-like shape towards the children’s table and chair, a chessboard game sitting atop. I had taken a picture of this exhibition of lights at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, which flickered rhythmically to the audio of a beating heart. Some of the lanterns were shaped in flowers and hearts, suspended from the ceiling and hanging in the darkness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Calia Fernandez Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44142657241181,"sku":null,"price":1302.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/4895\/8813\/files\/fernandez_calia_spacecanbeactedwithin.jpg?v=1768933438"},{"product_id":"psyche-eros-reimagined","title":"Psyche \u0026 Eros Reimagined","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e22x30. Oil painting on heavyweight, coldpressed, cotton-rag free paper with ribbed edges.  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe story of Psyche and Eros originates from the ancient Roman novel Metamorphoses by Apuleius, and involves a long drawn out plot of Cupid’s accidental falling in love with the mortal Psyche, who undergoes many trials and tribulations to appease the gods, particularly Venus. I made a sketch of the famous sculpture, Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss (1787) by Antonio Canova a few years ago, and upon finding it again I thought to depict their blissful reunion; the child of Cupid and Psyche is supposedly Voluptas or “pleasure,” and so delightful apricots and flowers sit in the sink. In many visual renderings Psyche is depicted with butterfly wings, as to represent the neoplatonic freedom of the soul from the body, when Psyche becomes immortal. 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Mixed media oil painting on canvas, still life study. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe delights of the senses and their splashes of colour bridge their way into the splendour of the imagination. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Calia Fernandez Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44145882955869,"sku":null,"price":1260.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/4895\/8813\/files\/figs_fuchsia.jpg?v=1769039594"},{"product_id":"wings-charioteer-madness","title":"Wings, Charioteer, Madness","description":"\u003cp\u003e22x30 inches. Oil painting on canvas. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e3-month and 5-month payment plans available - inquire via email. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTo Phaedrus, Socrates declares that he is a lover of learning though its dividings and collectings, and that when he believes someone to be able to see the natural unity and plurality of things, he follows their footing, walking behind in their footsteps as in those of a god. Maieutikòs initiates the learning in its honouring and trust of the learner’s own capacity to deliver themselves into understanding. Love is that which reminds us of our divinity, our humbled unravellings, and the forked paths of self will. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Calia Fernandez Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44145969135709,"sku":null,"price":2055.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/4895\/8813\/files\/wingscharioteermadness.jpg?v=1769042693"},{"product_id":"aletheia","title":"Aletheia","description":"\u003cp\u003e24x36 inches. Mixed media oil painting on canvas. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e3-month and 5-month payment plans available - inquire via email. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAletheia: \"truth as unconcealment, accordance with reality.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf afflictions were so easily drained\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike the bottoms of ceramic pots, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWould I still be tripping over my feet, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTeetering in attempt to catch a glimpse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOf the cliff edge, river rapids,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003edays ahead, aftermath overexposed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe anthurium on the front window sill’s began to wilt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd yet again, I’m overwatering the plants. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA lot of time consulting ancient texts, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRitual sprouting and unveiling one’s eyes to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e an innate synchronicity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoaming inside and outside the lines becomes one\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd the same. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHopelessly waiting for a messenger to realize \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethis life as soaked in symmetry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhilst the locus of attention beckons and pleads,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo sit near, silently tread forward like an abyss, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003elet go and let near, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFallingwater, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreate, and disappear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Calia Fernandez Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44154675626077,"sku":null,"price":2713.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/4895\/8813\/files\/Aletheia.jpg?v=1769448659"},{"product_id":"primavera","title":"Primavera","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e20x20 inches. 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The painting transitions from two dimensional perspective to a three dimensional one on the right side, emblematizing the veneration of traditional iconography as an absolute space which signifies its meaning and virtues, but cannot be inhabited and re-enacted in modern times with the same sincere enchantment and fervour. This is the basis of Kakuzō Okakura’s 1906 book, the Book of Tea, which describes the practical philosophy of tea, its Taoist and Zen origins, the schools and architecture, for a Western audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe book implies a cultural erasure and the loss of simplicity of tradition in modern times. The ancient view of the mundane as beautiful has been breached by conspicuous consumption, industrialism, luxury aesthetics, and the loss of moral valence through propriety and self centredness. 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