{"product_id":"dancing-in-firelight","title":"Dancing in Firelight","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist:\u003c\/b\u003e Morgan Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Oil on canvas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 15\" × 30\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDancing In Firelight\u003c\/i\u003e reveals itself from the ground up. The lower portion of this wide horizontal canvas pulses with long, slender Fractionalist cells in deep gold, amber, and red — forms that read first as flames, tendrils of heat rising and bending the way fire does, undulant and alive. Follow those cells upward and something shifts: the tendrils become limbs, the flames become figures, and what began as an investigation of light becomes an entire gathering of people in motion. They are dancing — loosely, tribally, with the particular abandon that only exists after dark, around a fire, when the usual rules of comportment have quietly dissolved. From the Light Series, Johnson notes that \"light at night can elicit curiosity, caution, odd behaviors or mood changes depending on its source\" — and firelight in particular has always done something to human beings that daylight doesn't. It loosens them. The colors here know that: the warmth is not decorative but atmospheric, suffusing the entire canvas with the feeling of heat on skin and music you can't quite hear but feel moving through you. The painting doesn't depict a fire. It generates one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWant to learn more? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nicartgallery.com\/blogs\/meet-the-artist\/morgan-johnson-what-he-wants-you-to-work-for-why-its-worth-it\" title=\"Morgan Johnson Introduction Blog\"\u003eRead Morgan's Introduction Page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Subscribe to Morgan's eNewsletter\" href=\"https:\/\/nicartgallery.com\/pages\/stay-connected-with-morgan-johnson\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"69\" width=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/3933\/0780\/files\/subscribe-Blue_Small_de663c0f-8130-4c2f-9f75-ded826fa245c.jpg?v=1782319171\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nicartgallery.com\/pages\/stay-connected-with-morgan-johnson\" title=\"Sign up to receive updates from Morgan!\"\u003eSign up to receive email notifications about Morgan's new work and where it's showing\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morgan Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51794483642588,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/3933\/0780\/files\/DancingInFirelight_2024.jpg?v=1782319965","url":"https:\/\/nicartgallery.com\/products\/dancing-in-firelight","provider":"nicartgallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}