{"title":"Meanwhile","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"between-two-worlds-2","title":"Between Two Worlds","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e60X75cm, acrylic on board, framed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomewhere out near the backroads of Bellingen, I found a river that refused to decide whether it was water or sky. 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A kind of alter ego, another life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s been years since I’ve worked at this size, and I’d forgotten how immersive it can be — every brushstroke felt like I was living in the landscape as I was painting it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Claremont","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098532397276,"sku":null,"price":8750.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/1587\/2476\/files\/SurfaceMemory_5ec15e05-1244-42c6-a526-24674f094792.jpg?v=1790054353"},{"product_id":"a-conversation-just-missed","title":"A Conversation, Just Missed","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e60X60cm, acrylic on board, framed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’ve always liked kitchens more than living rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey don’t try as hard. They just sit there and wait for something to happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one felt like it had already happened — the chairs slightly off, the light arriving too early, the table still holding onto whatever was said the night before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI didn’t change anything. Just painted it as if it might remember for me.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Claremont","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48329378889948,"sku":null,"price":3200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/1587\/2476\/files\/IMG_3076-Recoveredcopy_baf6619d-fb9a-4609-a3e2-ecdb4d68b7f1.jpg?v=1774319818"},{"product_id":"skyfall","title":"Skyfall","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e40X40cm, acrylic on board, framed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eClouds are basically abstract paintings pretending to be weather. The sea quietly paints its own version underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSometimes I can’t decide which one I’m actually looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Richard Claremont","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52081288872156,"sku":null,"price":1850.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/1587\/2476\/files\/IMG_5422copy.jpg?v=1784456198"},{"product_id":"the-shape-of-weather","title":"The Shape of Weather","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e35X45cm, acrylic on board, framed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI spend an embarrassing amount of time looking for X compositions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis sky has clearly seen my lesson on the subject.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Richard Claremont","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52117666332892,"sku":null,"price":1850.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/1587\/2476\/files\/IMG_5395.jpg?v=1785231929"},{"product_id":"evening-channel","title":"Evening Channel","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e60X60cm, oil on board, framed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI came home from Europe looking for new subjects. Instead I found the old ones looking completely different!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Claremont","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52123819770076,"sku":null,"price":3200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/1587\/2476\/files\/IMG_5048copy2.jpg?v=1785298022"},{"product_id":"waiting-for-evening","title":"Waiting for Evening","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e40X40cm, acrylic on board, framed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI painted the harbour first… then realised the room needed inventing around it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat’s probably the wrong way to decorate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Richard Claremont","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52123842412764,"sku":null,"price":1850.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/1587\/2476\/files\/WaitingForEvening.jpg?v=1790054828"},{"product_id":"still-life-with-good-intentions","title":"Still Life With Good Intentions","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e35X45cm, acrylic on board, framed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis painting was meant to record the only time I ever attempted to make pumpkin soup.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI bought the pumpkin, opened a bottle of red, put the chopping board under the light… and then looked out the window.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSomewhere along the way I got completely distracted by the harbour and the way the light was falling across the bench.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI honestly can’t remember whether the soup ever got made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe painting definitely did.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Claremont","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52125267820764,"sku":null,"price":1850.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/1587\/2476\/files\/IMG_5308.jpg?v=1785308386"},{"product_id":"between-one-hour-and-another","title":"Between One Hour and Another","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30X30cm, acrylic on board, framed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome rooms seem to hold more than one time of day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI’ve never been terribly interested in making everything in a painting happen at exactly the same moment.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Claremont","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52396937806044,"sku":null,"price":1450.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/1587\/2476\/files\/BetweenOneHourandAnother_60dfdb96-36aa-4ff4-9439-74f8d0ee5d22.jpg?v=1788257095"},{"product_id":"other-peoplesevenings","title":"Other People's Evenings","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30X30cm, acrylic on board, framed \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI’ve been staying with Mum in Randwick for the last few weeks while she recovers from a broken arm. 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