{"product_id":"animarii-no-4-snake-the-shedder-of-old-skin-signed-original-oil-painting","title":"Animarii no.4: Snake - The Shedder of Old Skin · Original Oil Painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal oil painting on professional watercolour sheet. 9x12 inches. Painted with oils and accented with hand-applied foil in the eyes — three eyes, the third more jewelled and luminous than the others, seated in the brow like a pressed gem. Varnished and ready to ship flat in a rigid protective mailer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWherever civilisation has existed alongside serpents — in Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, the Celtic world, the Americas — the snake has been sacred. In Hindu tradition, the coiled serpent is Kundalini herself: the divine feminine energy sleeping at the base of the spine, waiting to rise through the chakras and open the crown. Shiva wears the snake at his throat as a demonstration of mastery: what others fear, the awakened one holds lightly. This snake carries three eyes. Two see the world as it is. The third — more jewel-bright, more interior — sees what the world is becoming. He has already been through it more times than you can count.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis painting is part of Animarii, a 12-piece series of original oil paintings on professional watercolour sheet by British-Californian artist Rebecca Papillon.\u003cbr\u003eMedium: Oil on professional watercolour sheet. The paper is sealed before painting and worked in highly lightfast pigment oils. 9x12 inches. All original paintings are signed by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painted image area is 9x12 inches. The sheet is trimmed to 10x13 inches, leaving a white border for ease of handling and mounting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSold unframed. The framed mock-up shown is for scale and framing inspiration only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFraming guidance\u003cbr\u003eThis piece frames beautifully in any standard frame with a 9x12 inch mat aperture. We recommend a 16x20 inch frame as the primary option — this gives a generous, gallery-standard mat with weighted spacing (slightly more border at the bottom than the top and sides, which is correct fine art framing convention). A 14x18 inch frame with the same 9x12 inch aperture works well for a closer, more intimate presentation. Both options are widely available. The 10x13 inch sheet fits comfortably within either frame with room for mounting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eView up close on YouTube\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rebecca Papillon","offers":[{"title":"9x12\"","offer_id":53315036545338,"sku":null,"price":216.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/9773\/0618\/files\/animarii-no4-snake-the-shedder-of-old-skins-fine-art-print-6549113.jpg?v=1777879209","url":"https:\/\/rebeccapapillon.com\/products\/animarii-no-4-snake-the-shedder-of-old-skin-signed-original-oil-painting","provider":"Rebecca Papillon","version":"1.0","type":"link"}