{"product_id":"james-francis-gill-women-in-water-colourful-horizon","title":"Women in Water | Colourful Horizon","description":"\u003cp\u003eHand-signed serigraph on handmade paper limited edition by James Francis Gill. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePop Art pioneer James Francis Gill explores femininity through the shifting, fluid lens of water in this markedly intimate and expressive series. Transcending mere representation, this artwork is a personal and poetic exploration of emotion, identity and the universal human connection with nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this piece, Gill transforms water – typically a flowing, form-dissolving element in his work – into a projection surface for the vibrant colours of the sky. As boundaries blur, sky becomes water, light becomes skin and perception becomes feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an artist who once temporarily withdrew from the public eye, Gill understands the search for new forms of inner truth. In ‘Colourful Horizon’, this is condensed into a painterly meditation on being one with the world, not as an escape, but as a deep understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat Gill achieves here is more than a composition of colour and light. The woman sees nothing, and yet she seems to feel everything. Water, which otherwise often actively intervenes in Gill's work as a flowing, form-dissolving element, here becomes a colourful projection surface for the sky. The boundaries become blurred: Sky becomes water, light becomes skin, perception becomes feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of James Francis Gill’s most intimate and expressive series and part of a body of work dating back to the 1960s, \u003cem\u003eWomen in Water\u003c\/em\u003e sees Gill present a series of female figures in a suspended, almost timeless state. Poised at the edge of movement, immersed in water, Gill captures the women between air and depth, hesitation and courage – each composition an encounter. These moments are charged with both physical vitality and emotional resonance. The leap into the water symbolizes transformation, rebirth, and the intensity of fleeting experiences. Gill distils this ephemeral feeling into a visual language that is at once personal, poetic, and universal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“We humans love the sight of water. The glitter, the soft waves and the deep blue all trigger a feeling of peace and space within us.” – James Francis Gill\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind out more about this collection \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.castlefineart.com\/collections\/women-in-water\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e or alternatively shop more \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.castlefineart.com\/collections\/james-francis-gill\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJames Francis Gill art\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Francis Gill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58473976955229,"sku":"JGI-SIL-POR-38171","price":65834.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0883\/1906\/6461\/files\/JGI-SIL-POR-38171WomeninWater-ColourfulHorizon_1.jpg?v=1758707885","url":"https:\/\/www.castlefineart.com\/en-se\/products\/james-francis-gill-women-in-water-colourful-horizon","provider":"Castle Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}