{"id":66,"date":"2011-07-06T01:07:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T01:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2011-07-06T01:07:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T01:07:02","slug":"ingenuity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/06\/ingenuity\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingenuity"},"content":{"rendered":"

A simpler image there might not be. This painting shows the concept of ingenuity, the brilliance of an idea become life by a lightbulb, illuminated on its own and held by a human hand. This painting takes a simple concept and shows it in as simple a surreal way as possible, with bright, vivid colors.<\/p>\n

This painting is acrylic on canvas and measures 24″ by 36″<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A simpler image there might not be. This painting shows the concept of ingenuity, the brilliance of an idea become life by a lightbulb, illuminated on its own and held by a human hand. This painting takes a simple concept and shows it in as simple a surreal way as possible, with bright, vivid colors. … Continue reading Ingenuity<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-portfolio","category-slider"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Ingenuity-e1309914050731.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63,"url":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/06\/envy\/","url_meta":{"origin":66,"position":0},"title":"Envy","author":"Sir Realist","date":"July 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Envy is something everyone struggles with at one time. 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