{"product_id":"the-long-white-cloud-part-1-painting-sean-beldon","title":"The long white cloud Part 1 | Painting | by Sean Beldon","description":"\u003cp class=\"_p_1x4zg_107\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe long white cloud Part 1\u003c\/em\u003e is an original work by New Zealand artist Sean Beldon, created as part of his 2026 solo exhibition \u003cem\u003eLoveletters from Nowhere. Part Two: The Quiet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';\"\u003eLocation: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';\"\u003eSH2, Hawke’s Bay (2025)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';\"\u003eThe long white cloud is a nod to my favourite description of our land. In the past, before arriving in New Zealand, I thought it to be merely metaphorical - a romanticisation. Having lived here for almost twenty years now, I see continuous clouds stretch into the unseen regularly. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';\"\u003eOne such occasion was passing the undulating hills on the way to Napier, with the long cloud roped above the landscape - from the south to where it fades to north.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1x4zg_107\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis work occupies the emotional territory Sean is known for, quiet tension, layered meaning and an image language that rewards sustained looking. Working in oil, Sean builds surfaces that feel simultaneously intimate and expansive, personal and universal. \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Quiet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as a body of work explores themes of absence, memory, longing and stillness through a visual vocabulary that is precise, restrained, and deeply felt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium: \u003c\/strong\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e1525mm x 1225mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*Please note that shipping is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e included for this item. Please call the gallery on 09 376 4749 or email us jervois@frameworkshop.co.nz for a quote on delivery. If you purchase online now our team will be in touch regarding your shipping options based on your location.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sean Beldon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44377459261620,"sku":"SBN073","price":16000.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0266\/3022\/5943\/files\/Sean-Beldon-Long-White-Cloud-Part-1.jpg?v=1788483963","url":"https:\/\/frameworkshop.co.nz\/products\/the-long-white-cloud-part-1-painting-sean-beldon","provider":"The Frame Workshop \u0026 Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}