{"product_id":"looking-to-the-future","title":"Looking to the Future","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eThis painting recalls the past but looks to the future.  A figurative painting of a pub interior, it's quite a complicated composition involving a lot of figures in various positions and attitudes. What struck me was that several of the people were looking directly at the camera, looking at the viewer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eThe subject gazing out at the viewer and\/ or painter has a familiar  art historical precedent. I enjoyed and the idea of playing with this trope in a contemporary context of the pub. But also I imagined that some of these characters were looking out appealingly, addressing the viewer: this is the state of the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eMy paintings are about movement, rhythm and intensity of feeling. Much of my work originates in a recognisable world: from contemplative souls in interiors, to recreational scenes in urban milieus or dramatic landscapes, but I’m interested in drawing attention to the surface and material as much as the subject. Figuration becomes semi-abstraction. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Heywood-Waddington","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59063229251916,"sku":null,"price":4000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1054\/0135\/2524\/files\/818bVDIW9Y.jpg?v=1791203651","url":"https:\/\/www.newbloodart.com\/products\/looking-to-the-future","provider":"New Blood Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}