{"product_id":"expansion-fire-1","title":"Expansion - (Fire)","description":"\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist: Lisa Diane Wedgeworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Click Here to Inquire About This Edition\" href=\"mailto:orders@seriopress.com?subject=Lisa%20Diane%20Wedgeworth%20-%20Empathy%20Preview\u0026amp;body=Hello%2C%0A%0AI'm%20interested%20in%20seeing%20the%20full%20collection%20of%20%22Empathy%20(Cooling)%22%20by%20Lisa%20Diane%20Wedgeworth.\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eClick Here to Inquire About Availability Of This Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e28″ x 40″\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMixed media painting (India ink, water, fountain grass) + hand-pulled serigraphy\u003cbr\u003eCoventry rag 290gsm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeckled edges\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 16 unique works\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the Artist:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Breath Series is an interpretation of breath energies. I have always been aware of my breath - or so I thought - since being introduced to yoga in childhood, maintaining a dedicated practice in my 20s and 30s, and training as a Kundalini yoga teacher. Yet, it wasn't until I experienced a series of transformative events in 2022 that my awareness of holding, constraining, or suspending my breath was heightened, as well as the moments when I intentionally created space for it to flow deep into and out of the intimate spaces of my lungs.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis body of work employs a limited palette of light, medium, and dark values as states of being (empathy, optimism, and expansion) and traditional yogic breaths (cooling, long deep, and fire) while a singular symbol of breath mingles with unique hand-painted breath energies. Although the interpretation of each energy is up to the viewer, I invite you to consider the energies of a baby's breath, a sigh, the breath taken while kissing a lover, a gasp, one's first conscious breath taken upon waking or upon rising to and breaking the surface of a body of water, the flow of a singer's breath and the very last breath we all must take.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the studio:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSerio Press is proud to present a suite of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ehand-painted works on paper by Los Angeles based artist Lisa Diane Wedgeworth, and the artist's first application of traditional serigraphy.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOur collaboration with Lisa was an exploration \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e technique, form, and spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Employing mixed media including fountain grass (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePennisetum Setaceum)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e foraged outside of our Pasadena studio, the artist uses natural materials to depict the stages of human breath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePainting directly onto large sheets of coventry rag and soaking them with water, each fountain grass painting coexists with a screen printed layer affectionately known as \"thick path.\" Created by painting the separation directly onto film, each step of the process shows the artist's hand at work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtist Bio:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLisa Diane Wedgeworth is a contemporary artist and cultural producer whose body of works include performance, video and large-scale abstract paintings employing mark-making to interpret psychological, spiritual and emotional energies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe earned her MFA from California State University, Los Angeles and has exhibited her work in galleries and museums in Southern California including the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Tyler Park Presents, Charlie James Gallery, and CAAM.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe is both a 2018 Hermitage Artist Fellow (Englewood, FL) and a 2020 COLA Individual Artist Fellow (LA) and has participated as an artist-in-residence at Camera Obscura (Santa Monica) and the Georgia Fee Artist and Writer Residency (Paris, France). She will be the artist-in-residence at AIR Paducah founded by artist Alonzo Davis in Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"comp-kcxqveq9\" class=\"_2bafp\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lisadianewedgeworth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.lisadianewedgeworth.com\/\"\u003eLisa Diane Wedgeworth Website\u003c\/a\u003e      |      \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ldwstudio\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ldwstudio\/\"\u003eLisa Diane Wedgeworth IG\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lisa Diane Wedgeworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47500682232002,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0411\/7879\/2094\/files\/ExpansionFire.gif?v=1777050621","url":"https:\/\/seriopress.com\/products\/expansion-fire-1","provider":"Serio Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}