{"title":"View All Artwork","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"breathe","title":"\"Breathe\"","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e24\" x 36\" Original Oil on Canvas Painting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\"Breathe” from the Beneath the Surface series is rooted in the migration and birthing behavior of humpback whales. In order for their young to survive, mothers travel thousands of miles from cold feeding grounds to warmer waters, where birth becomes possible. Immediately after birth, the mother must bring her newborn to the surface for its first breath—an act that determines survival in a single, precise moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eWhat stayed with Tristan was not the biology itself, but the weight of that instant: the urgency, the protection, and the quiet intensity of a first breath breaking through water. It is a moment most people never witness, yet it carries a deeply familiar emotional charge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThe painting is a response to that moment. Rather than illustrating the full journey, it isolates the immediacy of the ascent—the connection between mother and newborn at the threshold between water and air. Through this, the work holds a tension between vulnerability and necessity, where life is both fragile and fully present at once.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003eOnce your purchase is complete, I personally hand-inspect the artwork and prepare it for shipment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003eYour artwork ships (fully insured) with tracking and typically departs within 3–5 business days. 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Please note that international collectors are responsible for any applicable customs duties, VAT, or import taxes required by their country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e*All sales are final.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43322261831728,"sku":null,"price":1900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/6289\/3360\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_a45ebd23-8c5b-46eb-be4b-4995ed413d30.jpg?v=1782004587"},{"product_id":"return","title":"\"Return\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e24\" x  30\" Original Oil on Canvas Painting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e“Return” from the Beneath the Surface series is rooted in the life cycle of sea turtles, where survival is rare from the very beginning. Only a small fraction make it from hatchling to open water, and fewer still reach maturity. Those that do spend years moving through the ocean—driven by instinct, navigating vast distances without a fixed path.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eWhat drew Tristan to this subject was not the odds, but the moment that follows them. After years of movement and survival, something shifts. There is an internal pull—precise and undeniable—that leads the turtle back across thousands of miles to the exact beach where it was born.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThe painting holds that moment of return. It is not about the journey itself, but the certainty that ends it—the instinct that cannot be reasoned with or resisted. 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