{"product_id":"nature-series-thirty-six-john-gurbacs","title":"Nature Series Ten | John Gurbacs | 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: rgba(255,255,255,0.45); 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=\"\/pages\/form-private-viewing\" 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=\"\/pages\/form-private-viewing\" 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: #333333; 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 by John Gurbacs · 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 young leaf is still furling at the center of this one, actually coiling, not just overlapping the leaves around it. That's the real difference from the artist's other close foliage studies, most build outward from a fan or a tangle. This one turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; margin-bottom: 28px;\"\u003eCooler colors throughout, teal and jade doing most of the work, with near-black and deep red-purple leaves on the left for contrast. One teal leaf on the right edge catches enough light it almost looks lit from inside.\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: #999999; width: 40%;\"\u003eArtist\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 500;\"\u003eJohn Gurbacs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-top: 1px solid #E8E8E8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #999999;\"\u003eMedium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 500;\"\u003eOil on Canvas, Framed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-top: 1px solid #E8E8E8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #999999;\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 500;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 18 x 24 in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-top: 1px solid #E8E8E8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #999999;\"\u003eCertificate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 500;\"\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: #999999;\"\u003eShipping\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 500;\"\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: #999999;\"\u003ePayment\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px 0; color: #111111; font-weight: 500;\"\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: #444444; line-height: 1.85; margin-bottom: 28px;\"\u003eThe only true spiral among the artist's foliage studies, a young leaf still coiling at the center rather than simply overlapping the leaves around it.\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: #444444; 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. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/form-private-viewing\" style=\"color: #ff1e8a; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eContact us to inquire.\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/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: #777777; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 28px; font-style: italic;\"\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\u003cp style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #555555; font-weight: 300; margin: 0; font-style: italic;\"\u003e\"We can see that the branches of a tree are similar in form to a bolt of lightning, or that rings of Saturn resemble the rings of water in a puddle. Yet they exist separately in time, space, and scale. There exists an order of continuity throughout the different realms.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #888888; margin-top: 6px;\"\u003eJohn Gurbacs\u003c\/p\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: #444444; line-height: 1.85; margin-bottom: 14px;\"\u003eJohn Gurbacs is a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow with over fifty years of continuous practice exploring the fractal geometry hidden inside nature, the recurring patterns that connect a tree branch to a bolt of lightning, or the rings of Saturn to the rings of water in a puddle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; color: #444444; line-height: 1.85; margin-bottom: 14px;\"\u003eHis process begins in the field. He photographs construction debris, tropical foliage, microscopic patterns, and underwater scenes, then builds collages until a connection reveals itself between forms and scales. From there he draws, then paints, some pieces taking months to complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; color: #444444; line-height: 1.85; margin-bottom: 14px;\"\u003eHis work sits in the permanent collections of the Tampa Museum of Art, the Leepa Rattner Museum of Art, the Polk Museum of Art, and the USF Contemporary Art Museum, along with commissions for Tampa General Hospital, Holland and Knight, Tampa Electric, and the Volusia County Courthouse. He has completed five major public murals across Florida, including the Sulphur Springs Mural, the largest of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; margin-bottom: 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/john-gurbacs\" style=\"color: #ff1e8a; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eExplore more works by John Gurbacs →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Marcolina's","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102878613823,"sku":"JG20231006","price":748.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/2773\/6639\/files\/TEN.png?v=1721230008","url":"https:\/\/marcolinas.com\/products\/nature-series-thirty-six-john-gurbacs","provider":"Marcolina’s Fine Arts Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}