{"product_id":"untamed-grace-original-painting","title":"Untamed Grace — Original Acrylic Painting by Nadine Ewing","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUntamed Grace\u003c\/strong\u003e is the original 16×20 acrylic painting from which all the fine art prints and collector editions are created.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is only one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have a very hard time selling original paintings. Not because I don’t want people to own them, but because by the time I finish one, it has usually become part of my life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI don’t paint quickly. I live with a piece while I’m making it. I stare at it, walk away from it, come back to it, change things, learn from it, fight with it a little, and sometimes surprise myself with what finally appears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery original has taught me something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new way to see light.\u003cbr\u003eA new way to build texture.\u003cbr\u003eA better understanding of anatomy.\u003cbr\u003eA different way to handle color, movement, contrast, emotion, or composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd for that reason, every painting also becomes a marker of where I was as an artist when I made it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen I look at an older piece, I don’t just see the finished painting. I remember the hours spent standing in front of it. I remember the problems I had to solve. I remember the moments where something finally clicked. I remember what I learned from it and how that lesson showed up later in another piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is why originals are difficult for me to let go of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey become part artwork, part teacher, and part memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUntamed Grace\u003c\/strong\u003e is especially hard for me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is something about the posture of the horse—the strength in the body, the softness in the gesture, and the tension and surrender happening at the same time—that kept pulling me back while I painted it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is dramatic without needing to be loud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is powerful without needing to stand tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd that contradiction is a big part of why I love it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis painting also represents a point in my own development where I was learning to trust texture and contrast more, to stop trying to make every mark perfect, and to let the piece tell me what it needed instead of forcing it into what I originally imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is one of the strange things about painting: you start out thinking you are making the artwork, and somewhere along the way the artwork starts teaching you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is what this one did for me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy is the original priced at $20,000?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe price of this original is intentionally high.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not based on the idea that every 16×20 painting should cost $20,000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is based on something much simpler:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI do not really want to sell it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original lives with me. I see it. I remember making it. It is tied to a specific period in my artistic growth, and once an original leaves, there is no second one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrints can be made again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA limited edition can have several collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original is singular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo the price reflects the amount it would take for me to genuinely feel comfortable letting this particular piece leave my life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf someone falls in love with it enough to make that happen, then I will know it is going somewhere it is deeply wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd if nobody does?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am completely happy continuing to live with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is the beauty of originals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey do not have to leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eArtwork details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Untamed Grace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nadine Ewing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acrylic on canvas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16×20 inches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal artwork:\u003c\/strong\u003e One of one\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertificate of Authenticity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Included\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFine art reproductions and limited collector editions of \u003cstrong\u003eUntamed Grace\u003c\/strong\u003e are available separately.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nadine \u0026 Ripley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44293235474519,"sku":"ORIG1","price":20000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0629\/4385\/4679\/files\/untamed-grace-original-acrylic-painting-by-nadine-ewing-artwork-388.webp?v=1789507130","url":"https:\/\/www.nadinenripley.com\/products\/untamed-grace-original-painting","provider":"Nadine \u0026 Ripley","version":"1.0","type":"link"}