{"title":"Original Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal paintings by Kim Testone. Each of my paintings is made from multiple layers of glazed acrylic paint applied with small synthetic watercolor brushes. All reference sources are created by me as well (no AI or stock imagery). I scoop my own ice cream and bake and decorate my own cookie landscape pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more information about my painting process, please visit my \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kimtestone.com\/pages\/cookie-landscapes-painting-process\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Painting process for Kim Testone's trompe l'oeil foodscape paintings. \" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eTrompe L'Oeil Foodscapes Painting Process\u003c\/a\u003e page or my \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kimtestone.com\/pages\/process\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Ice Cream painting process for Kim Testone.\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eIce Cream Series Painting Processs page\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"freedom-original-acrylic-painting-by-kim-testone","title":"Freedom (Original Acrylic Painting by Kim Testone)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Freedom,\" acrylic on round panel, 6\" diameter. Unframed, ready to hang. Based on a real-life monarch butterfly sugar cookie that I baked and decorated and placed on a swoop of frosting. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis piece is painting in the trompe l'oeil style, meaning that the painting is virtually flat, but painted in a way that looks amazingly three-dimensional and highly realistic in its details. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Freedom\" is painted in contrast to the stoic and scientific \"pinned\" butterfly, in which butterflies are mounted for preservation, study or collectability. In \"Freedom,\" the monarch butterfly is turn, juxtaposed against the swoop of blue frosting, which in intended to imply wind and motion. The whimsical cookie takes flight, ready to leave the painting panel. Monarch butterflies in particular are recognized for their strength, resilience and transformation, among many other positive and inspirational traits, making \"Freedom\" both a colorful bit of joy and an uplifting source of the ability in all of us to pick ourselves up, survive and find a better path. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Painting and design process for the painting Freedom by Kim Testone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kimtestoneartist\/video\/7615461123051097375\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWatch the painting process for \"Freedom\" on my TikTok here. \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions? Please feel free to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kimtestone.com\/pages\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Contact Kim Testone.\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003econtact us here\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kim Testone Contemporary Still Life Painter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53559167877439,"sku":"OP-FREEDOM-1","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9301\/9711\/files\/Freedom6x6byKimTestone.jpg?v=1781232724"},{"product_id":"bee-dancing-with-daisies-original-acrylic-painting-by-kim-testone","title":"Bee Dancing with Daisies (Original Acrylic Painting by Kim Testone)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Bee Dancing with Daisies,\" acrylic on panel, 12\" x 12\" diameter. Professionally framed in a contemporary white floater frame. Based on a real-life sugar cookie and frosting model that I baked and decorated and then replicated with acrylic paint in the trompe l'oeil style. This means that the painting is virtually flat, but painted in a way that looks amazingly three-dimensional and highly realistic in its details. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Bee Dancing with Daisies\" was the first piece I started in my foodscape cookie series. I wanted to see if I could create a small scene in which I could instill life and whimsy into cookies and frosting. I purposely designed the piece to include lots of swoopy shapes in my frosting model, to mimic the wind blowing through the air and sky. I choose this simple scene, inspired from my childhood, to portray the simple and inherent beauty of nature when it's simply left alone to thrive. Nature \"dances\" with all of its parts in harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBe sure to check out \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kimtestoneartist\/video\/7597537393436085534\" title=\"Side views of the cookie trompe l'oeil paintings by Kim Testone.\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003emy TikTok video showing some of the side views of some of my cookie trompe l'oeil paintings\u003c\/a\u003e, including \"Bee Dancing with Daisies,\" proving that the piece is flat despite its three-dimensional appearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions? Please feel free to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kimtestone.com\/pages\/contact\" title=\"Contact Kim Testone.\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003econtact us here\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited-edition prints of this piece are available \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kimtestone.com\/products\/cookiescape-2-bee-dancing-with-daisies-art-print-limited-edition-of-50\" title=\"Limited-edition prints of Bee Dancing with Daisies foodscape painting by Kim Testone.\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kim Testone Contemporary Still Life Painter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53562014204223,"sku":"OP-BEEDANCING-1","price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9301\/9711\/files\/BeeDancingwithDaisies12x12acryliconpanel.jpg?v=1781235484"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9301\/9711\/collections\/IMG_3080.jpg?v=1781233232","url":"https:\/\/kimtestone.com\/collections\/original-art.oembed","provider":"Kim Testone Contemporary Still Life Painter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}