{"id":942,"date":"2017-09-17T23:26:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T06:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/?p=942"},"modified":"2017-09-18T12:59:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T19:59:56","slug":"thats-no-space-station-its-a-westfalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/2017\/09\/17\/thats-no-space-station-its-a-westfalia\/","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s no Space Station &#8211; it&#8217;s a Westfalia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;;width: 55px;\" name=\"fb_share\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=125029517579627&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/2017\/09\/17\/thats-no-space-station-its-a-westfalia\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>I have just uploaded a new video of my latest painting, &#8220;How the Westfalia was won.&#8221; I know this piece just came out of the blue, but it was a gift for a friend. He owns a Westfalia and so I thought I would pay tribute to him and his special vehicle. <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 27 (Painting a vehicle and figure) Oil painting video blog\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O9fPlx9QzL0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> I haven&#8217;t forgotten about the Goonies painting; I&#8217;m working on it again as we speak. I needed a mental break from that painting though as the last year has been so hectic that I haven&#8217;t had time to really focus on it. Back to the Westfalia, I had no idea there was a subculture around this vehicle. Doing some research online and talking to my friend, these vehicles not only represent freedom to thier owners, but they also sell for a pretty penny too. In some cases, models from the early 80&#8217;s are hitting six figures! People customize their rides for living on the road and hook up with other drivers for swapping stories about their travels. That&#8217;s like a throwback to how America was once looked at: Everybody going after their own dream with just their ambition and total freedom along for the ride. Ahh the gold ole days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have just uploaded a new video of my latest painting, &#8220;How the Westfalia was won.&#8221; I know this piece just came out of the blue, but it was a gift for a friend. He owns a Westfalia and so I thought I would pay tribute to him and his special vehicle. I haven&#8217;t forgotten &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/2017\/09\/17\/thats-no-space-station-its-a-westfalia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">That&#8217;s no Space Station &#8211; it&#8217;s a Westfalia!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":947,"href":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions\/947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}