{"id":263,"date":"2015-04-01T22:38:54","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T02:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/?p=263"},"modified":"2015-04-01T22:39:45","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T02:39:45","slug":"featured-painting-of-the-week-pear-tree-early-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/04\/featured-painting-of-the-week-pear-tree-early-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured painting of the week: &#8220;Pear tree &#8230; Early Spring&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s featured painting fits this fine Spring week perfectly. \u00a0&#8220;Pear tree &#8211; East 56th Street &#8211; Early Spring&#8221; was created in 2010, and was inspired by flowering pears I observed and photographed on East 56th Street in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"995\" height=\"800\" data-attachment-id=\"264\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/04\/featured-painting-of-the-week-pear-tree-early-spring\/a20100420\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420.jpg?fit=995%2C800\" data-orig-size=\"995,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D60&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1271798420&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A20100420\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Pear tree &amp;#8211; East 56th Street &amp;#8211; Early spring, acrylic on canvas, 24Hx30W, 2010.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420.jpg?fit=300%2C241\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420.jpg?fit=995%2C800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420.jpg?resize=995%2C800\" alt=\"Pear tree - East 56th Street - Early spring, acrylic on canvas, 24Hx30W, 2010.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420.jpg?w=995 995w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420.jpg?resize=300%2C241 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This painting was created in acrylic on canvas. \u00a0It measures 24 inches (60cm) tall by 30 inches (76cm) \u00a0wide. \u00a0This painting is for sale and I&#8217;ve listed it on my <a href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/market\/john-azelvandre\/pear-tree-east-th-street-early-spring\">Square store<\/a>. \u00a0Enjoy, and have a great Spring!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420-thoughtworks.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"545\" data-attachment-id=\"265\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/04\/featured-painting-of-the-week-pear-tree-early-spring\/a20100420-thoughtworks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420-thoughtworks.jpg?fit=1000%2C545\" data-orig-size=\"1000,545\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D60&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1372352344&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A20100420-thoughtworks\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Pear tree &amp;#8230; Early spring&amp;#8221; alongside other works during my show at Thoughtworks, Summer 2013.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420-thoughtworks.jpg?fit=300%2C164\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420-thoughtworks.jpg?fit=1000%2C545\" class=\"size-full wp-image-265\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420-thoughtworks.jpg?resize=1000%2C545\" alt=\"&quot;Pear tree ... Early spring&quot; alongside other works during my show at Thoughtworks, Summer 2013.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420-thoughtworks.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100420-thoughtworks.jpg?resize=300%2C164 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s featured painting fits this fine Spring week perfectly. \u00a0&#8220;Pear tree &#8211; East 56th Street &#8211; Early Spring&#8221; was created in 2010, and was inspired by flowering pears I observed and photographed on East 56th Street in Manhattan. This painting was created in acrylic on canvas. \u00a0It measures 24 inches (60cm) tall by 30 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":264,"comment_status":"open","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: \"Pear tree ... 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The Artsy site will be up just until May 15, after which time the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mmk3-6.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mmk3-6.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mmk3-6.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mmk3-6.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mmk3-6.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":67,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/01\/featured-painting-of-the-week-magnolia\/","url_meta":{"origin":263,"position":4},"title":"Featured painting of the week &#8211; &#8220;Magnolia&#8221;","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"January 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm featuring a different painting each week. \u00a0To start this series off, I present to you Magnolia, an oil painting I created in May 2014. \u00a0This painting was inspired by photos I took of some lovely Magnolia trees in a city park in Manhattan. 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