{"product_id":"a-play-for-poseidon","title":"A Play For Poseidon","description":"\u003cp\u003eA round white coral tree, the coral roccaille polyps executed in minute detail, its branches in stylised rococo C scrolls and counter C scrolls with coral flowers, in an extraordinary methodology of high relief sculpted oil. In the centre of the work, three starfish play with round shells, reminiscent of tiny beach balls, their tentacles entwined around them, some caught, some falling in a vast swirl of bioluminescence against the deep aquamarine turquoise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRosa Monckton of Tiffany described Andrew Norrey as ‘undoubtedly one of the most creative minds of his generation. With a wave of his wand, he transforms the mundane into the sublime.’ And with this new show at Connolly, ‘Please never stop dreaming’ Andrew has transformed our upstairs gallery into a world of astonishing beauty and detail; a \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003emagical creation of micro pointillism painstakingly worked with \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003elayers of resin, gold pigments, translucent French enamels and sculpted oil paint to create a shimmering, joyous landscape of iridescence and fluorescence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘What I find fascinating about creating highly reflective surfaces, often with ultra matt paint’, the artist explains, ‘is that the onlooker becomes an intrinsic part of the work, reflected within a complex kaleidoscopic colourful landscape, floating between worlds. My works acting as a \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eportal or a window.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd after forty years of friendship, it is a boundless pleasure for me \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003epersonally to enter into Andrew’s sublime imagined kingdom, away \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003efrom the harsher realities of this world… especially at Christmas time. - Isabel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Connolly","offers":[{"title":"O\/S \/ 07NORREY 001 \/ N\/A","offer_id":58652818768255,"sku":"00051950141080","price":27600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0211\/4220\/8561\/files\/Aplayforpoisidon.jpg?v=1791470380","url":"https:\/\/www.connollyengland.com\/products\/a-play-for-poseidon","provider":"Connolly","version":"1.0","type":"link"}