{"product_id":"where-roots-remember-original-mixed-media-on-canvas-rita-irvin","title":"Where Roots Remember — Original Mixed Media on Canvas | Rita Irvin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe sits at the water's edge, back turned to everything but herself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA koi drifts past overhead, gold and coral against a sky stitched from old maps — streets she's walked, rivers she's crossed, places that made her who she is. A compass points every direction at once. A key dangles from a chain, unclaimed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeneath her, roots spill down into the water like memory made visible — tangled, searching, holding on to what the mind has long since let go of. The moon watches, patient, the way it always does when someone is trying to remember who they were before the world got its hands on them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere roots remember what the heart forgets.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhere Roots Remember is a meditation on origin — on the parts of us that stay rooted in a place, a person, a version of ourselves, even after memory fades. Vintage map fragments ground the piece in real geography, while the koi and moon carry the same dreamlike symbolism found throughout Rita's work: transformation, intuition, and the pull between what we know and what we feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acrylic and oil, mixed media on canvas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 × 40 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGallery wrapped, ready to hang — no frame needed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of a kind original, signed by the artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRita Irvin is a self-taught mixed-media artist born and raised in West Berlin, Germany. Her work explores memory, emotion, and transformation through layered textures, surreal symbolism, and dreamlike imagery. Influenced by Dalí, Frida Kahlo, and Georgia O'Keeffe, Rita developed her own visual language without formal training — shaped by years in interior design and a lifelong immersion in art and architecture. Every piece is a one-of-a-kind original, made by hand and never reproduced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuestions or commission inquiries: \u003ca href=\"mailto:info@ritairvin.com\"\u003einfo@ritairvin.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita Irvin","offers":[{"title":"Original","offer_id":53848035754302,"sku":"ORIG-ROOTS-REMEMBER","price":1320.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/9069\/5486\/files\/WhereRootsRemember.jpg?v=1782928394","url":"https:\/\/ritairvin.com\/products\/where-roots-remember-original-mixed-media-on-canvas-rita-irvin","provider":"Rita Irvin Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}