{"title":"Becoming","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBECOMING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA body of work shaped by transition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecoming\u003c\/i\u003e explores memory, heritage, and transformation through layered painting and collage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDrawing from architectural details, travel, and cultural motifs, each work brings together fragments of place and history, allowing past and present to exist within a single surface. Repetition and pattern become a language for what is carried forward over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThese works were created in a season of movement, where identity, place, and inheritance began to shift and reassemble. Nothing is fixed. Each piece holds a moment in process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eNot a conclusion, but a continuation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lo-que-crece-entre-nosotros-what-grows-between-us","title":"Lo Que Crece Entre Nosotros (What Grows Between Us)","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is the original painting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e*note: colors may appear \u003c\/i\u003eslightly\u003ci\u003e different depending on the screen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e24x48'' (3 panels) Oil and mixed media on canvas, gallery wrapped.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eGrowth does not happen in isolation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eI keep returning to the idea of something pushing through anyway. Even in resistance. Even when unseen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eWhat grows between us is not always visible, but it holds everything together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eWhat we carry forward continues to take shape between generations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melissa Casanova","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45058009038984,"sku":null,"price":6800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/9020\/7624\/files\/DSC02097-2.jpg?v=1776770489"},{"product_id":"entre-raices-between-roots","title":"Entre Raíces (Between Roots)","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is the original painting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e*note: colors may appear \u003c\/i\u003eslightly\u003ci\u003e different depending on the screen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e36x48'' Oil and mixed media on canvas, gallery wrapped.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eIdentity forms over time. It is layered and not always fully understood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThis piece brings together memory, place, and inherited visual language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eI kept thinking about the lace my great grandmother made by hand. Sewing and making have been passed down through generations in my family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eGoldfish also often appear in my work. I noticed them in tile work across Spain and seen as symbols of abundance and prosperity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003ePatterns repeat in different ways. In materials, in places, in memory. Some growth is not something you see right away. You feel it first.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melissa Casanova","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45058009071752,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/9020\/7624\/files\/DSC02085-2.jpg?v=1776692569"},{"product_id":"donde-comienza-where-it-begins","title":"Donde Comienza (Where It Begins)","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is the original painting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e*note: colors may appear \u003c\/i\u003eslightly\u003ci\u003e different depending on the screen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e48x60'' Oil and mixed media on canvas, gallery wrapped.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eYou are not who you were, but not fully who you are becoming yet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThis piece sits in that space of transition. Moving forward without needing all the answers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eI kept thinking about the doors. How they frame what’s beyond them and shift how you see a place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eStanding at the top of the castle in Alicante, looking out over the water, you can feel how much has existed there before you. That sense of time stayed with me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eYou do not have to see the whole path to keep going.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melissa Casanova","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45058009137288,"sku":null,"price":6200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/9020\/7624\/files\/DSC02106-3.jpg?v=1776693114"},{"product_id":"un-jardin-interior-an-inner-garden","title":"Un Jardín Interior (An Inner Garden)","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is the original painting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e*note: colors may appear \u003c\/i\u003eslightly\u003ci\u003e different depending on the screen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e30x40'' Oil and mixed media on canvas, gallery wrapped.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThere are moments when everything slows down, even if nothing around you actually changes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThis piece holds that feeling. A sense of calm that exists alongside movement and growth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThe ocean has always felt grounding to me, like a reminder that things will unfold in their own time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eIt reflects a space many of us recognize, where things are still becoming, but you trust where it’s going.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melissa Casanova","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45058009530504,"sku":null,"price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/9020\/7624\/files\/DSC02079-5.jpg?v=1778021352"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/9020\/7624\/collections\/DSC05693EDIT.jpg?v=1776639990","url":"https:\/\/melissacasanova.com\/collections\/becoming.oembed","provider":"Melissa Casanova","version":"1.0","type":"link"}