{"product_id":"temperance","title":"Temperance","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist:\u003c\/b\u003e Deanna Schuerbeke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Acrylic on Canvas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 56\" × 40\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePainted in Santa Fe, \u003ci\u003eTemperance\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Deanna Schuerbeke's most personally revealing works. She describes thinking about the difficulty of managing emotion — the active, ongoing effort of restraint, of choosing not to follow anxiety and fear into the dark. \u003ci\u003e\"The warm peach and blush hold steady,\"\u003c\/i\u003e she says, \u003ci\u003e\"against a dark line of green, blue, and maroon at the top — doing your best to hold fast.\"\u003c\/i\u003e Temperance, by definition, is moderation in action, thought, and feeling. This painting is what that looks like from the inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe canvas is top-heavy with darkness — a dense band of teal, black, and deep maroon pressing down from above. But the burgundy at its lower edge softens as it descends, bleeding gradually into the warm peach and blush that hold the center and lower register of the composition. These are the colors Schuerbeke returns to across her body of work when she is painting well-being — and here they are not passive. They hold. In the middle of that warm field, a dark circular rush of marks interrupts — contained, brief, self-enclosed. The darkness makes a second appearance, but it does not expand. It is acknowledged and then surrounded by the warmth on every side. At the bottom of the canvas, small passages of bright sky blue appear — not announced, not emphasized, simply present. Hope that has been allowed to exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTemperance\u003c\/i\u003e asks something of the person standing in front of it. Schuerbeke has exposed her own practice of choosing light over darkness — not by denying the darkness exists, but by refusing to let it define the composition. The question the painting poses is a simple and searching one: when the darkness presses in on you, which color do you choose to hold?\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\/deanna-schuerbeke-painting-what-most-of-us-cant-say-out-loud\" title=\"Deanna Schuerbeke Introduction Blog\"\u003eRead Deanna's Introduction Blog Page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nicartgallery.com\/pages\/deanna-schuerbeke-statement\" title=\"Deanna Schuerbeke Artist Statement and Bio\"\u003eCheck out her Artist Bio \u0026amp; Statement\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\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\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nicartgallery.com\/pages\/stay-connected-with-deanna-schuerbeke\" title=\"Stay Connected with Deanna Schuerbeke\"\u003eSign up to receive email notifications about Deanna's new work and where it's showing\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deanna Schuerbeke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52338091589852,"sku":null,"price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/3933\/0780\/files\/1254Temperance56X40.jpg?v=1787779704","url":"https:\/\/nicartgallery.com\/products\/temperance","provider":"nicartgallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}