{"id":326,"date":"2015-04-20T09:50:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T13:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/?p=326"},"modified":"2015-05-03T20:38:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T00:38:02","slug":"featured-painting-of-the-week-bonsai-in-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/04\/featured-painting-of-the-week-bonsai-in-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Painting of the Week: Bonsai in Bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The featured painting of the week is back after a short hiatus. \u00a0This week we have &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/mkt.com\/john-azelvandre\/bonsai-in-bloom\">Bonsai in Bloom<\/a>,&#8221;\u00a0a painting in acrylic I created in 2010. \u00a0The painting is 30 inches wide (about 76cm) and 24 inches tall (60cm). \u00a0It is available for sale and is listed in my <a href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/market\/john-azelvandre\">Square store<\/a>. \u00a0Of course, if you would like to see the painting in person, contact me and we&#8217;ll make a date!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100624-1000px.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"794\" data-attachment-id=\"328\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/04\/featured-painting-of-the-week-bonsai-in-bloom\/a20100624-1000px\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100624-1000px.jpg?fit=1000%2C794\" data-orig-size=\"1000,794\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D60&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1277661436&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A20100624-1000px\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Bonsai in Bloom&amp;#8221;, acrylic on canvas, 24&amp;#215;30&amp;#8243;, 2010&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100624-1000px.jpg?fit=300%2C238\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100624-1000px.jpg?fit=1000%2C794\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100624-1000px.jpg?resize=1000%2C794\" alt=\"&quot;Bonsai in Bloom&quot;, acrylic on canvas, 24x30&quot;, 2010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100624-1000px.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/A20100624-1000px.jpg?resize=300%2C238 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The featured painting of the week is back after a short hiatus. \u00a0This week we have &#8220;Bonsai in Bloom,&#8221;\u00a0a painting in acrylic I created in 2010. \u00a0The painting is 30 inches wide (about 76cm) and 24 inches tall (60cm). \u00a0It is available for sale and is listed in my Square store. \u00a0Of course, if you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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: Bonsai in Bloom http:\/\/wp.me\/p5zpKF-5g","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":[30,29,7,21,38,49,54],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-artwork-for-sale","tag-30","tag-acrylic","tag-art","tag-painting","tag-sale","tag-square","tag-tree"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5zpKF-5g","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":263,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/04\/featured-painting-of-the-week-pear-tree-early-spring\/","url_meta":{"origin":326,"position":0},"title":"Featured painting of the week: &#8220;Pear tree &#8230; 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