{"id":2347,"date":"2012-11-08T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T06:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:31:12","slug":"miranda-skoczek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/08\/miranda-skoczek\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist: Miranda Skoczek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thehugesunlight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2351\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/08\/miranda-skoczek\/thehugesunlight\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thehugesunlight.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"701,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"thehugesunlight\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thehugesunlight-262x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thehugesunlight.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2351\" title=\"thehugesunlight\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thehugesunlight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thehugesunlight.jpg 701w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thehugesunlight-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I love these wildly abstract paintings by artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirandaskoczek.com\" target=\"_blank\">Miranda Skoczek<\/a>, it might be the unleashed movement of color or the combination of realistic fauna and vibrant geometric shapes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sunset_animalfantastical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2350\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/08\/miranda-skoczek\/sunset_animalfantastical\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sunset_animalfantastical.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1282,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sunset_animalfantastical\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sunset_animalfantastical-300x187.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sunset_animalfantastical-1024x639.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2350\" title=\"sunset_animalfantastical\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sunset_animalfantastical-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sunset_animalfantastical-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sunset_animalfantastical-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sunset_animalfantastical.jpg 1282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/patternparrots_mountaintops.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/08\/miranda-skoczek\/patternparrots_mountaintops\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/patternparrots_mountaintops.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1295,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"patternparrots_mountaintops\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/patternparrots_mountaintops-300x185.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/patternparrots_mountaintops-1024x632.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2349\" title=\"patternparrots_mountaintops\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/patternparrots_mountaintops-1024x632.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/patternparrots_mountaintops-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/patternparrots_mountaintops-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/patternparrots_mountaintops.jpg 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bearmountain_tearsofjoy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2348\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/08\/miranda-skoczek\/bearmountain_tearsofjoy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bearmountain_tearsofjoy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1210,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bearmountain_tearsofjoy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bearmountain_tearsofjoy-300x198.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bearmountain_tearsofjoy-1024x677.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2348\" title=\"bearmountain_tearsofjoy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bearmountain_tearsofjoy-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bearmountain_tearsofjoy-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bearmountain_tearsofjoy-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bearmountain_tearsofjoy.jpg 1210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love these wildly abstract paintings by artist Miranda Skoczek, it might be the unleashed movement of color or the combination of realistic fauna and vibrant geometric 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