{"product_id":"swimming-in-tender-seas-by-nicole-steenhof","title":"'Swimming in Tender Seas' by Nicole Steenhof","description":"\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\"\u003eOil on wood board\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\"\u003eOak timber frame\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e76 x 101 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable to view in the Perth gallery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the artwork \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSwimming in the sea gives rise to a sense of one’s own wateriness and a fading of boundaries between the depth beneath, the reflection of the sky, one’s body of water and the ocean's body of water. The surface of this work holds the tension of layered watery scenes, mimicking the way the ocean shifts, disappears, reappears.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fe-block fe-block-7b7158cdef4a0defb3a1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-blend-mode=\"NORMAL\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-border-radii='{\"topLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"topRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0}}' data-sqsp-block=\"text\" id=\"block-7b7158cdef4a0defb3a1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"ws-section ws-surface ws-light-0\" data-surface=\"0\" data-ws-slots=\"member-photo member-description member-social-links\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ws-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ws-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ws-m-team-member ws-m-block-title-fit-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ws-m-block-title-570\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNicole Steenhof is a visual artist currently working with painting and sculpture based in Boorloo, Perth. Propelled by an interest in ocean studies, Steenhof works towards an embodied painting process, alert to sensations beyond sight. Her sculpture work is made from found and post consumer items, concentrating on form and connection to histories of oceans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her latest collection, she is developing ideas on how we engage with the agential life of the sea with tenderness, to relearn connection.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oxford Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51395663888600,"sku":"NS001","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0792\/1598\/4856\/files\/Screenshot_2026-02-14_at_10.31.31_PM.png?v=1771079510","url":"https:\/\/oxfordstgallery.com\/products\/swimming-in-tender-seas-by-nicole-steenhof","provider":"Oxford Street Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}