{"product_id":"wedding","title":"I went for a walk in the snowstorm","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThings have felt frozen lately, literally and figuratively. I think of climate as the backdrop for everything; culture changes so drastically with temperature. When I paint, heat is usually the point of origin for me. Things begin to grow under a warm light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI think of all the places I’ve been and all the places I’ve left that reconstruct themselves in my mind. I put the same symbols in several different contexts throughout my work to mimic a daydream that changes a little each time you retell it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy core symbol has always been the hibiscus. It’s the flower I grew up with, it’s native to my first home, and it has always felt like the flagbearer for sun-drenched weather.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA while ago, I painted a web of blue hibiscus on the winter coat I wore for years after I first left my hometown. The coat survived so much with me and cocooned me through the turbulent transition into adulthood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis month, I travelled from my warm-ish home to a frigid place for work. I needed to finalize something, and this trip was the first and last step in me doing so. I didn’t feel particularly strong through the process, but I got to wear my coat again and felt like it was protecting me. The hibiscus on the coat resembled snowflakes and connected the past and present on my body.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI made this painting when I got home. I layered chalk and watered-down oil pastels to create an atmosphere of frigidity. As an iron-deficient baddie I have always loved eating ice. It’s crystalline and clear, and I think we don’t marvel at it enough. Walking through a snowstorm isn’t as bad when you observe the snow, how it spirals and separates and thickens the wind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe original is 12x16\" in size and was created using acrylic paint and chalk pastels on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pooja Devnani","offers":[{"title":"8x10","offer_id":51339457626407,"sku":null,"price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x16","offer_id":51339457691943,"sku":null,"price":76.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20","offer_id":51339457659175,"sku":null,"price":127.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x32","offer_id":51339457724711,"sku":null,"price":303.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x40","offer_id":51339457757479,"sku":null,"price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/2022\/8391\/files\/Snowflake_d0c0999c-4cc9-41c0-9a98-93615ec80b62.jpg?v=1777383864","url":"https:\/\/poojadevnani.com\/products\/wedding","provider":"Pooja Devnani","version":"1.0","type":"link"}