{"product_id":"the-navigator-original-mixed-media-on-wood-rita-irvin","title":"The Navigator — Original Mixed Media on Wood | Rita Irvin","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Navigator— a tarpon built from the world itself. Hand-cut aluminum scales catch light the way a real fish catches sun on the surface — each one placed individually, overlapping, alive. The eye is mesh and hardware. The fins are salvaged metal. The belly burns with orange. Beneath it all: vintage maps, newspaper, acrylic — the detritus of human navigation layered into something wild and ancient. The tarpon has always known where it's going. It doesn't need a map. It is the map. Mixed media on wood — hand-cut aluminum, found metal objects, hardware, vintage maps, newspaper collage, acrylic paint. 11½\" × 33¾\". Signed R. Irvin. 2025. One of a kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRita Irvin is a self-taught mixed-media artist based in Cocoa Beach, Florida, whose work explores memory, transformation, and the layered nature of identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita Irvin","offers":[{"title":"Original","offer_id":53805681508670,"sku":"ORIG-NAV-2025","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/9069\/5486\/files\/IMG_1472.jpg?v=1782217920","url":"https:\/\/ritairvin.com\/products\/the-navigator-original-mixed-media-on-wood-rita-irvin","provider":"Rita Irvin Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}