{"id":382,"date":"2023-05-17T00:08:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T23:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/46.32.240.43\/jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/jon-new\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2023-06-07T13:40:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T12:40:47","slug":"artist-mission-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/?page_id=382","title":{"rendered":"Artist Mission Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"382\" class=\"elementor elementor-382\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52d492a elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52d492a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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As an avid drawer, the answer was clear.<\/p><p>This thought still drives my work decades later; creating a vast world of characters that bring both beauty &amp; a sense of play to the viewer.<\/p><p>The artwork teems with references, from both popular culture &amp; my own previous works, tying these together into a shared universe that leaves the audience wanting to explore further.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Mission Statement At the age of four I had a decision to make; \u201cDo I want to be Indiana Jones, or do I want to create my own heroes?\u201d As an avid drawer, the answer was clear. This thought still drives my work decades later; creating a vast world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2,"url":"http:\/\/www.jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/?page_id=2","url_meta":{"origin":382,"position":0},"title":"Artist Biography","date":"26th October 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Artist BiographyBritish artist JPK came to prominence with his stark black and white Art toys, quickly establishing a reputation as a pioneer in this field. 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