{"product_id":"frankie-bridie-original-hand-painted-artwork","title":"Frankie \u0026 Bridie - Original Mixed-Media Diptych by Stoofy","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eFrankie \u0026amp; Bridie - The Artist Statement\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFrankie didn't ask to exist. Bridie didn't ask to be created for him. And when she was — she took one look at the situation and decided she had better things to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis is not a love story. It's a leaving one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eShe's ready to go. She's just not free yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eBoth figures are hand-cut from wood into their own silhouettes — each one a separate piece, displayed together as a single complete work. Frankie stands in his blue suit, a single hand-painted tear on his cheek, holding the note she wrote him. \u003cem\u003eFrankie, I'm so sorry.\u003c\/em\u003e He is bereft. He is the sum of many men, assembled and reanimated, and he cannot understand why that isn't enough. Bridie is already turning away — profile to the viewer, chin lifted, body moving toward whatever comes next. She doesn't have a name of her own. She never did. And she is choosing, with full knowledge of the consequences, to leave anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eBoth figures are set against a broken heart — glittering red, hand-painted, the diptych format structural and intentional. Together and apart simultaneously. The Ben-Day dot texture is hand-applied across every surface. The metallic foil catches the light differently on each panel. Multiple layers of high-gloss archival varnish finish each piece to gallery standard. Days of work. Two results. One story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHer strength is made of resistance, perseverance, and the particular kind of courage it takes to stand in a patriarchal shadow and refuse to disappear into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eShe doesn't even have her own name. She never did. That's rather the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMixed media on two hand-cut shaped wood panels. Hand-painted acrylic, Ben-Day dot texture, metallic foil, red glitter, high-gloss archival varnish. Made in the UK by Stoofy. Signed, dated, Certificate of Authenticity included. Displayed as a diptych.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of one. When it's gone, it's gone. £2,600.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STOOFY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44784959422640,"sku":null,"price":1250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/9972\/4883\/files\/Frankie_and_Bridie_-_Monsters_Collection_by_Stoofy.jpg?v=1777302634","url":"https:\/\/www.stoofy.uk\/products\/frankie-bridie-original-hand-painted-artwork","provider":"Stoofy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}