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\"Manomayakaya<\/a>
Manomayakaya #1 (Guardians at the well of percipience), mixed media on canvas, 30×30″, 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This week’s featured painting is Manomayakaya #1 (Guardians at the well of percipience)<\/em>, a painting I created in 2011. \u00a0It is among the earliest (perhaps even the first) of the square canvases I’ve done.<\/p>\n

This piece is ‘mixed media’ — in this case acrylic and oil on canvas.<\/p>\n

It is currently for sale. \u00a0You can see sale details in my Square store here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Another<\/a>
Another view of Manomayakaya #1 in my studio among my other paintings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week’s featured painting is Manomayakaya #1 (Guardians at the well of percipience), a painting I created in 2011. \u00a0It is among the earliest (perhaps even the first) of the square canvases I’ve done. This piece is ‘mixed media’ — in this case acrylic and oil on canvas. It is currently for sale. \u00a0You can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Featured painting of the week! http:\/\/wp.me\/p5zpKF-35","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,23],"tags":[29,7,48,20,21,38,49],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-artwork-for-sale","tag-acrylic","tag-art","tag-manomayakaya","tag-oil","tag-painting","tag-sale","tag-square"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5zpKF-35","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1173,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2023\/03\/re-introducing-manomayakaya-3-let-it-pervade-everywhere\/","url_meta":{"origin":191,"position":0},"title":"[Re-]Introducing Manomayakaya #3 – “Let it pervade everywhere”","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"March 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Manomayakaya #3 (Let it pervade everywhere), oil on canvas, 30x30\", 2013 Important Update, May 1, 2023: After thoughtful consideration, Arts Gowanus has decided to pull the plug on our Artsy gallery, referenced in the post below. 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