{"product_id":"lilypads-as-seen-by-a-dragonfly","title":"Lilypads as seen by a Dragonfly","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1336\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1336\"\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr data-start=\"1281\" data-end=\"1284\"\u003eMedium: Watercolor on panel\u003cbr data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1306\"\u003eSize: 18 × 24 in\u003cbr data-start=\"1316\" data-end=\"1319\"\u003eStatus: Framed\u003cbr data-start=\"1325\" data-end=\"1328\"\u003ePrice: $1,800.00 USD*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1336\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eNote\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1338\" data-end=\"1575\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDragonflies see through compound eyes containing up to 30,000 facets, each capturing a single point of color. Their 15 to 33 opsin genes give them a spectral range from UV to red, far beyond human vision. The ventral eye, which looks downward at the pond, is tuned to longer wavelengths: greens, yellows, oranges. This painting renders the pond from above in that ventral palette, warm, saturated, and abstracted into loose color fields that approximate the low spatial resolution of compound vision. The violet and teal in the water channels reference the shorter-wavelength sensitivity of the dorsal eye, which in life would be looking skyward, not down. Combining both regions into a single downward view is an artistic compression.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eOther Paintings in the Series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lizaboffi.com\/products\/lilypads-as-seen-by-a-nymph\" title=\"Lilypads as seen by a Nymph\"\u003eLilypads as seen by a Nymph\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Lilypads as seen by a Frog\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lizaboffi.com\/products\/lilypads-as-seen-by-a-frog\"\u003eLilypads as seen by a Frog\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eMy Promise \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liza Boffi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47951154839811,"sku":null,"price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/4559\/4115\/files\/04.17.26_Lilipads_1of3.jpg?v=1776437236","url":"https:\/\/ifgmd1-rr.myshopify.com\/products\/lilypads-as-seen-by-a-dragonfly","provider":"Liza Boffi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}