{"title":"Ricky Mujica","description":"\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/3061\/7774\/t\/5\/assets\/RickyM1.gif?v=1629281293\" width=\"500\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBorn and raised in New York City and currently living and working in Montclair, Ricardo Jose Mujica studied art at the High School of Art and Design under Max Ginsburg and Irwin Greenberg, Parsons in Paris under Keith Long, and at Parsons School of Design \/New School for Social Research under Kes Zapkus, Stuart Diamond, and Randall Enos, where he won a full Presidential Scholarship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eRicardo Jose Mujica is an acclaimed, multidimensional painter with many awards to his credit and paintings in collections all over the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/3061\/7774\/t\/5\/assets\/RickyM2.gif?v=1629281295\" width=\"500\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eHe currently teaches at the Art Students League of NY and at Chelsea Art Studios.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe is a Signature Status Member of the Portrait Society of America and has been designated as a Living Master by the Art Renewal Center (ARC).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M7vEGuj5jCM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;background:white;'\u003eWebsite:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;background:white;'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black;\"\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/rickymujica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);\"\u003erickymujica.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"viridian-michael-harding-511-40ml","title":"Viridian Michael Harding (511)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eInorganic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eViridian is about the fastest curing colour in my entire range, along with Stack Lead White. This hydrated variant of Chromium Hydroxide, introduced in the mid-19th century, is a valued support colour used for influencing greys in underpainting. The vivid blue undertones apparent in thin layers are soon eclipsed in thicker applications. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLandscapists and some portraitists still prefer it to the more brutal power of the Phthalo Greens. When combined with reds, an interesting range of blue-greys results. Placing it as local colour in the proximity of vermilion can also produce some interesting complementary effects.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Michael Harding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Harding","offers":[{"title":"40ml","offer_id":48756094468325,"sku":"5060154041934","price":104.94,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"225ml","offer_id":48756094501093,"sku":"5060154041910","price":411.93,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8585\/5205\/files\/viridian_8dbe7f1a-78b2-403b-9875-796e7c2632fa.jpg?v=1775633092"},{"product_id":"ultramarine-blue-michael-harding-113-40ml","title":"Ultramarine Blue Michael Harding (113)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eInorganic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo. 113 is an obviously beautiful mid-blue. The discovery in the 1820s of a Sodium Sulphosilicate compound, which had appeared as a mysterious blue deposit on soda-ash furnaces, was a liberating moment for financially challenged artists everywhere. Up to then the only available version of this compound was the often-unobtainable Lapis Lazuli ore, mined in Afghanistan. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUltramarine has a high tint power, and our chosen shade produces strong green shade blue hues and makes wonderful violets with Magenta and the red Lake colours. It is also useful in greens and greys. The only chemical weakness is a recorded sensitivity to atmospherically borne acids, which can bleach it out. Ultramarine Blue is one of the more difficult paints to make, as it forms an intractable runny syrup when first ground into oil, which must then be stabilized with a small amount of wax.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Michael Harding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Harding","offers":[{"title":"40ml","offer_id":48756108919013,"sku":"5060154040463","price":23.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"225ml","offer_id":48756108951781,"sku":"5060154040449","price":101.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8585\/5205\/files\/ultra_e14dcdbc-b123-4bd7-aaf3-b6e3437e8a83.jpg?v=1775632460"},{"product_id":"titanium-white-no-1-safflower-oil-michael-harding-101-40ml","title":"Titanium White No. 1 (Safflower Oil) Michael Harding (101)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Titanium White No. 1 is the most brilliant white in my range, suitable for crisp, cool, opaque, light shades. 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You can read more about\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emy Refined Safflower Oil Medium here.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Michael Harding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Harding","offers":[{"title":"40ml","offer_id":48756137853157,"sku":"5060154040043","price":23.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"225ml","offer_id":48756137885925,"sku":"5060154040029","price":101.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000ml","offer_id":48756137918693,"sku":"5060154040005","price":343.89,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8585\/5205\/files\/t1harding_9325c935-889c-4636-8ba7-5afe883e664a.jpg?v=1775632160"},{"product_id":"stack-lead-white-michael-harding-703-40ml","title":"Stack Lead White Michael Harding (703)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Inorganic—I create this pigment myself, following a time-honoured process, in small, handmade batches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany art historians have noticed there is something in the nature of the Old Masters’ oil paints–particularly whites–that can’t be replicated by today’s paints because the method for making them has changed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo recreate the actual white pigment that would have been familiar to Rembrandt, Titian, and Vermeer, to name a few, I researched lead whites and the old Dutch stack process for many years. 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With industrially made pigments, every particle is identical, so conventional paints can’t be used to create the brush strokes of the whites from centuries ago.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Michael Harding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Harding","offers":[{"title":"40ml","offer_id":48756147978469,"sku":"5060154043198","price":238.73,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"250ml","offer_id":48756148011237,"sku":"5060154043334","price":981.72,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8585\/5205\/files\/sharding_e98ca626-be78-4699-9526-9b84519b4c4f.jpg?v=1775631799"},{"product_id":"magenta-michael-harding-303-40ml","title":"Magenta Michael Harding (303)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eOrganic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – Magenta is a lightfast organic pigment with strong bluish overtones that shine through as if it is used as a glaze. 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