{"product_id":"happy-original-mixed-media","title":"\"Happy\" — Original Mixed-Media Painting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 OF 1 — ORIGINAL — NEVER REPRODUCED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe most complicated emotion, rendered in every medium at once.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Happy\" is not a simple painting. MoniKa Starling built this 24\" × 30\" cotton canvas in 2020 — a year that made the word feel earned, ironic, necessary. She reached for everything: oil sticks for weight, pastels for drift, crayon for the part of joy that is still childlike, pen and markers to insist on a line when feeling alone wasn't enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a surface that rewards time. Each layer was applied in sequence and in tension, the mediums fighting and then settling. There is warmth here, but it is not naïve. You are looking at the full complexity of a feeling most people compress into a single syllable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a singular object. When it sells, it is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I wasn't painting happiness as a destination — I was painting what it actually looks like up close, which is messier and more alive than you'd expect.\" — MoniKa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecs\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Happy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oil sticks, pastels, crayon, pen, markers on cotton canvas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24\" × 30\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 of 1 — Original\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSigned \u0026amp; dated\u003c\/strong\u003e by MoniKa Starling on the reverse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal signed painting on cotton canvas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCertificate of Authenticity (hand-signed by MoniKa Starling)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShips flat in rigid archival board and foam-lined crate packaging, fully insured\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFraming options available upon inquiry — contact us before purchase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Starling World","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33969303191683,"sku":"","price":2100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0383\/4770\/2403\/products\/PhotoonJun21_2020at5_45_55PM.jpg?v=1592987192","url":"https:\/\/www.starlingworld.com\/products\/happy-original-mixed-media","provider":"Starling World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}