Joy
Overflow
Positive charge with surplus. Pleasure with energy to spare, which is the surplus that separates joy from satisfaction. Satisfaction is met; joy overflows.
The word
Through the Old French joie, from the Latin gaudium, out of gaudere, to rejoice. The word has meant roughly this for as long as it has existed, which is rare; most emotion words drift. Joy's stability suggests the experience has never needed reinterpretation.
The feeling
Energy with nowhere it is required to go. The body lightens and wants motion: the jump, the laugh, the call made for no reason. Time speeds up and attention widens, taking in more of the room than usual. The surplus is what identifies it; joy always has more than the moment strictly needs.
Against its neighbours
Satisfaction is a need met exactly, nothing left over; joy is the overflow, pleasure exceeding its container. Ecstasy goes one further and dissolves the container entirely. Joy keeps the self intact, just brimming.
In the work
More colour than the subject requires. The excess spills into the field around the figure rather than staying on it.
3 works composed with Joy
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Jo2
- Ig
- Wn
- Cm
- Ws
Signs of the Solstice
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$4342SOLD- Jo2
- Cr
- Pr
Cheers Club
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SCARCE, 10 editions. Open the tier key.
$96SOLD- Jo2
- Pc2
- Ae
Angels In the Outfield
How big, actually.
Drawn to scale against a person of average height. Every size is a 4:5 rectangle, the same proportion as the work itself, so nothing is cropped to fit.
Sizes are the printed image. Framed works add the moulding around that. Standard US shipping is free at every size.
Paper, or canvas.
Same image, same inks. What changes is the surface it is printed on. Tap either one.
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PRINT
Hahnemühle Photo Rag
The paper itself. A heavy 100% cotton matte sheet with a smooth surface, printed edge to edge with no border. Ships flat, or rolled in a tube at large sizes.
- Every size, up to 40 × 50
- You pick the frame
- Just paper and ink
- Needs framing to hang
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CANVAS
Satin poly-cotton, gallery wrap
Printed on canvas, then stretched by hand over solid wood. The image continues around the sides, so there is no border and no glass.
- Hang it the day it lands
- No glass, no glazing
- Real depth off the wall
- Up to 36 × 45
Series 001 numbers are shared across every size and material, and the certificate records exactly which object you own. Open editions carry no number and no certificate.
Framed, or not.
One frame, satin black, solid wood. We pick the moulding that suits the size and the material, so it arrives ready to hang. Tap either one.
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NONE
The work, as it is
A paper print ships flat or rolled and you frame it your way. A canvas needs nothing: it is stretched, wired and ready for the wall the day it lands.
- The lightest to ship
- Your framer, your call
- Canvas hangs as it is
- Every size
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BLACK
Solid wood, chosen for the size
Sealed, hung with hardware fitted, nothing left to arrange. Paper sits behind acrylic; canvas floats inside the moulding with no glass at all.
- STANDARD BLACK ⅞ in face · ¾ in deep · behind acrylic Paper, 8 × 12 and 12 × 18
- ALTO BLACK THIN 1⅜ in face · ⁹⁄₁₆ in deep · behind acrylic Paper, 16 × 24 and up
- BLACK 2 FLOAT ⅜ in face · 2 in deep · ¼ in reveal · no glass Canvas, every framed size
Framed work ships boxed with the hardware fitted. The largest sizes are sold unframed, because a frame that size can only travel by freight.
The list hears first.
Composed with
- Ae Aesthetic Pleasure 1 work
- Cm Calm 1 work
- Cr Craving 1 work
- Ig Fervour 1 work
- Pc Peace 1 work
- Pr Power 1 work
The rest of the Rising family
Where Joy sits Jo · RISING FAMILY
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