{"title":"Large paintings (over 80 cm in one dimension) – Oil and Acrylic","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"indian-jungle-nymph-and-friends","title":"Fantasy and Humor - Indian Jungle, Nymphs and Their Friends","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFantasy and Humor\u003c\/span\u003e - Indian Jungle, Nymphs and Their Friends\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michel Testard\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eAcrylic on canvas\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100 x 150 cm\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003ePrice:\u003c\/strong\u003e €3,000\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"775\" class=\"\"\u003e During the Covid pandemic, we were all locked in a room, dreaming of the outside world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"775\" class=\"\"\u003eIn India, this outside world can be a tropical garden, a rural landscape… or sometimes the jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"775\" class=\"\"\u003e This is a fantasy vision of the jungle, with a nymph playing the flute for friendly animals. 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It is a fantasy, a composition of three Indian scenes united in a triptych.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"532\" data-end=\"682\" class=\"\"\u003e In the left panel, two young Indian women prepare a prayer (puja) and create a rangoli decoration under a mango tree. In the central panel, the panther Bagheera leaps into a waterfall. 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