{"product_id":"aryas-wish-blake-emory","title":"Arya's Wish | Blake Emory | Original Oil Painting","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr auto; align-items: center; gap: 0; margin-bottom: 3px; font-family: 'Outfit',system-ui,sans-serif;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #111111; padding: 14px 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #ffffff; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 3px;\"\u003eCan’t visit in person?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchedule a private virtual viewing with Marcolina, from anywhere in the world.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/marcolinas.com\/pages\/form-private-viewing-request\" style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; background: #FF1E8A; color: #ffffff; padding: 14px 24px; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; height: 100%;\"\u003eRequest a\u003cbr\u003eVirtual Viewing →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: #FF1E8A; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 16px; font-family: 'Outfit',system-ui,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003ePayment plans available  ·  Ships worldwide  ·  Certificate of Authenticity included  ·  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/marcolinas.com\/pages\/form-private-viewing-request\" style=\"color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eContact us to discuss options\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: 'Outfit',system-ui,sans-serif; max-width: 680px; color: #111111; line-height: 1.85;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; color: #ff1e8a; letter-spacing: 0.04em; margin-bottom: 16px;\"\u003eOriginal oil painting with gold leaf by Blake Emory · Painter, sculptor, and filmmaker · Available at Marcolina’s Fine Arts Gallery, Tampa, Florida · Ships worldwide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003eA girl in profile leans toward the right of the canvas, lips pursed, eyes fixed on a dandelion she holds by the stem. The dandelion is gold leaf, and as she blows, the seeds break off and turn into birds, a small flock climbing through a plain blue sky. A long scarf in orange, crimson, and dark brown stripes wraps her neck and streams across the lower half of the painting, pulled in the same direction as her breath. Her cheek is lit yellow, and the shadows on her face are cooled with purple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003eThe painting catches one moment. Half the dandelion is still a flower and half is already gold birds, so you are watching a wish turn into something that can fly. The sky stays quiet and blue so the gold has all the room, and the scarf does what the wish does: it goes where the breath goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003eGold leaf is a good material for a wish. It catches the light and shifts as you move, so the birds seem to flicker a little when you walk past. Blowing on a dandelion is about the most ordinary thing a kid does, and Blake paints it slowly enough that you feel how much is riding on one breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 28px; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-top: 1px solid #E8E8E8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 400; width: 40%;\"\u003eArtist\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eBlake Emory\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-top: 1px solid #E8E8E8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMedium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eOil on Canvas with Gold Leaf\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-top: 1px solid #E8E8E8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 600;\"\u003e30 x 40 in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-top: 1px solid #E8E8E8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCertificate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-top: 1px solid #E8E8E8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 400;\"\u003eShipping\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eShips worldwide with full insurance\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-top: 1px solid #E8E8E8; border-bottom: 1px solid #E8E8E8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePayment\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 600;\"\u003ePayment plans available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; color: #111111; margin-bottom: 12px;\"\u003eCollector’s Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; color: #111111; line-height: 1.85; margin-bottom: 28px;\"\u003eAt 30 by 40 inches, this is one of the more approachable sizes for a first original: large enough to hold a wall, small enough for a bedroom, an office, or an entry. The gold leaf shifts with the light, so seeing it in person or on a virtual viewing shows you more than a photograph can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; color: #111111; margin-bottom: 12px;\"\u003eAcquisition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; color: #111111; line-height: 1.85; margin-bottom: 28px;\"\u003eAvailable through Marcolina’s Fine Arts Gallery with worldwide shipping, full insurance, and professional art packaging. Payment plans available. Private viewings by appointment in Tampa, Florida. Virtual viewings available for collectors anywhere in the world. Payment plans are arranged directly with Marcolina, and every inquiry is answered personally within 24 hours. Each original comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/marcolinas.com\/pages\/form-private-viewing-request\" style=\"color: #ff1e8a; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eContact us to inquire.\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/marcolinas.com\/pages\/become-a-collector\" style=\"color: #ff1e8a; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eNew to collecting? Read our collector guide →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: 300; color: #111111; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 28px;\"\u003eA standard shipping rate is charged at checkout. Once your work is packed, we calculate the actual shipping cost for its size and destination. If there is a difference, we will follow up to either invoice the additional amount or refund the difference, whichever applies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #F5F0EB; padding: 20px 24px; border-left: 3px solid #FF1E8A; margin-bottom: 28px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #111111; font-weight: 300; margin: 0;\"\u003e“With art as a sword, the battle to break through continues.”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #111111; font-weight: 500; margin-top: 6px;\"\u003eBlake Emory\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border: none; border-top: 1px solid #E8E8E8; margin: 8px 0 28px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; color: #111111; margin-bottom: 16px;\"\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; color: #111111; line-height: 1.85; margin-bottom: 14px;\"\u003eBlake Emory was born in 1983 and raised in Plant City, Florida, in a family of artists, inventors, and musicians. Alongside his brother James, creativity was the family language: music, theater, sculpture, set design, and mural and canvas painting, all treated as one continuous practice. He sold his first drawing in third grade and has not really stopped since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; color: #111111; line-height: 1.85; margin-bottom: 14px;\"\u003ePainting and sculpture became the throughline. He debuted his Zebra Love Collection at Art Basel Miami in 2014, made the life-size Babe Ruth sculpture now at the St. Petersburg Museum of History, and has painted large murals across Tampa Bay and New Mexico. His giant octopus mural at Cage Brewing in St. Petersburg, painted with Guillo Pérez 3, was named by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay among the area’s must-see murals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; color: #111111; line-height: 1.85; margin-bottom: 14px;\"\u003eHe also works in film. His short The Ethereal: Episode I was shown at the Salvador Dalí Museum and premiered at Tampa Theater in 2025, and a second episode is in production. He lives and works in St. Petersburg, Florida, and his original paintings and sculpture are available through Marcolina’s Fine Arts Gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 8px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/marcolinas.com\/collections\/blake-emory\" style=\"color: #ff1e8a; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eView more work by Blake Emory →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 8px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/marcolinas.com\/pages\/blake-emory\" style=\"color: #ff1e8a; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eRead Blake’s full story →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/marcolinas.com\/pages\/our-artists\" style=\"color: #ff1e8a; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eMeet all of our artists →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Marcolina's","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45132253987135,"sku":"BE20230501","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/2773\/6639\/files\/ARYA_S_WISH.png?v=1721289610","url":"https:\/\/marcolinas.com\/products\/aryas-wish-blake-emory","provider":"Marcolina’s Fine Arts Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}