{"product_id":"beightol-henrietta-title-the-purple-googles","title":"Beightol, Henrietta  title: The Purple Googles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenrietta Beightol\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Purple Googles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e36 x36 x .75\", framed to \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e42 x 42 x 2\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on Linen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e$2800\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI captured this image of my granddaughter as she jumped into the pool and started swimming towards me. I love how she leaves a trail of bubbles behind her while the sun highlights her hair floating on the surface. A perfect summer moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 128, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist's Statement:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHenrietta Beightol grew up in a family of artists going back to her great-grandfather, William Flechsing, who traveled across the United States in a covered wagon selling his artwork along the way. Before she had learned to read, Henrietta learned to paint at the hands of her grandmother, Henrietta Flechsing Badraun, who was one of many in the family who followed in Williams Flechsing’s footsteps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the years, Henrietta worked in various art forms including pottery, acrylic painting, and oil enhanced portrait photographs, but she always goes back to her first love: oil painting. She is highly influenced by the Impressionists, namely Van Gogh but is also influenced by the great Dutch masters of the 17\u003csup\u003eth \u003c\/sup\u003eCentury. The play of light and color are a continued theme in her artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach painting takes days or weeks to complete as she applies layers of paint onto the canvas, one layer drying before she continues with the next phase, often times working on multiple paintings at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHenrietta received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from The College of William and Mary and worked on her Masters of Fine Arts degree at Virginia Commonwealth University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"November AMS Exhibition 2026","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67780436558126,"sku":null,"price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0780\/8101\/files\/Beightol_Henrietta_ThePurpleGoggles_Oil_2800.jpg?v=1792546464","url":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsartcenter.com\/products\/beightol-henrietta-title-the-purple-googles","provider":"Crossroads Art Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}