{"title":"Ryley James","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAt 23, I traded in my pencil for a paintbrush for its obvious function – to express the thoughts and feelings I struggled to express in words. Communicating my emotions is a crucial yet constant struggle for me. The more I allowed the colours, textures and movement of the paint to replace the words I couldn't find, the more relief I found emotionally. My discovery of this new language created by my paintbrush was as if I was purging the negative and ugly energy I was carrying inside, and as each layer bloomed, the more beautiful, joyful and full I felt and the painting became. This process of creation was a therapeutic breakthrough for me and has provided the ability for me to not only express my emotions more fluently, but to connect more deeply with others through their shared connection to the energy that each of my original paintings carry. I had discovered that our ability to express \u0026amp; communicate with the world was not limited to the language and words we had been taught to use, and that process, for me, was and still is profound. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWebsite:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ryleyjames.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.ryleyjames.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContact:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:ryleyjamesart@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eryleyjamesart@gmail.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e+17053054144\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ryleyjamesart\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ryleyjamesart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ryleyjamesart\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ryleyjamesart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eRyley James Art \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e639 Pinegrove Avenue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eInnisfil, ON\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eL9S 2K4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/apiyoushieapp.8it.ca:2096\/images\/mac\/Image_MAC_Maker_Mark.png\" alt=\"MAC Maker Mark\" style=\"height: 60px; width: 60px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eThe MAC Maker Mark is a designation given to artists and craftspeople producing work in Muskoka. When you see the MAC Maker Mark you can be confident that the work you are buying was made right here in Muskoka and that you are supporting a local artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"min-height: 1em;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"still-bloom","title":"Still Bloom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome things bloom quietly. Not for an audience — not for the right season or the right soil — but because blooming is simply what they know how to do.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStill Bloom began as a conversation between stillness and abundance. Each flower arrived on its own terms: a peony heavy with softness, a wild rose bursting in pink against the dark. No single bloom unnecessary. They scatter and gather the way lessons do — the way emotion does — pulled together by something invisible but undeniable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe deep, quiet ground they rest upon is not emptiness. It is the kind of silence that allows you to listen. The kind that lets your heart speak at full volume without drowning it out. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece is for anyone who has ever felt like they were blooming out of season. Quietly. Forcefully. Beautifully anyway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e36\" x 36\" x 1.5\", 6 pounds \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium: Mixed Media \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eShipping will be arranged upon purchase and quotation provided. 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Step close and the chaos reveals itself as intention. Step back and the whole thing breathes. This piece was born from the energy of divine fullness. To stand before it is to feel what it is to be surrounded by something that has always been yours. Something lush and layered and endlessly, quietly generous.\u003cbr\u003eYou were always welcome here. The garden was always in bloom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e40\" x 30\" x 1.5\", 5 pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium: Mixed Media \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eShipping will be arranged upon purchase and quotation provided. 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That is the truth this painting holds: your wildness is not chaos. It is abundance. It is the most beautiful thing about you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e36\" x 36\" x 1.5\", 6 Pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium: Mixed Media \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eShipping will be arranged upon purchase and quotation provided. 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It was painted in that frequency, and it will find you when you need to return to it. Dream State belongs to the person who understands that the most important things often arrive softly, sideways, when you finally stop looking so hard. This one has been waiting for you to slow down enough to find it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e30\" x 24\" x 1.5\", 3.5 Pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium: Mixed Media \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eShipping will be arranged upon purchase and quotation provided. 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