{"product_id":"veiled-refuge","title":"Veiled Refuge","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eCortney Herron’s latest body of work explores identity as a frequency — something continually transmitted, interpreted, and recalibrated in relation to one’s surroundings. Her figures appear as beings in disguise, with elongated fingers, gloves, veils, masks, and animal forms functioning as tools for translation between the internal self and the external world. Recurring feline imagery shifts from companion or guardian to camouflage, blurring the boundaries between figure and disguise while reflecting the subtle adaptations required to navigate spaces in which one may feel misunderstood or othered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the center of the series is an exploration of energy and the invisible exchanges that occur between individuals. Herron considers the tension between what can be controlled or concealed and what is inevitably communicated through presence, perception, and connection. Her figures appear to move between possible versions of themselves, shifting in response to how they are perceived. Through this evolving visual language, Herron examines adaptation as a form of endurance, revealing the complex ways identity is preserved, transformed, and expressed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the artist's words:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eA figure sits cloaked in white, veil drawn fully over their eyes, face present but never seen. The covering recalls an old superstition: that to be born beneath a veil is to be born already able to see what others cannot, tuned from the start to a frequency most never access. What reads as concealment is, underneath, a form of sight: the veil doesn't block perception so much as redirect it inward, toward the otherworldly. One glove has already been removed, resting loose across their lap. A small, quiet admission that not every layer needs to stay sealed here, that some part of the disguise can be set down. The Veil Over Her Face holds both truths at once: to be covered is to be protected, and to be protected is, sometimes, the very thing that lets you see.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cortney Herron","offers":[{"title":"38 x 74 inches | Original Work \/ Custom \/ Custom","offer_id":67593330098358,"sku":"CH_VR_PAINTING_38.0_X_74.0__A638_A26408","price":10000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/7736\/files\/Veiled-Refuge-PAINTING-Primary-CH-VEILE-A26408-36-x-72.jpg?v=1791330015","url":"https:\/\/www.tappancollective.com\/products\/veiled-refuge","provider":"Tappan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}