{"product_id":"swings-original-framed-painting","title":"Swings (Original Framed Painting)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theshopfloorproject.com\/pages\/own-art-with-an-interest-free-loan#\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/OWN_ART_BUTTON.png?v=1505927785\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOriginal water based painting on paper by Stacey Dressen McQueen, signed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eUnframed Size Approx: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e608 x 455mm \/ 60.8 x 45.5cm \/ 23.9 x 17.9 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eFramed Size Approx: 746 x 593mm \/ 74.6 x 59.3cm \/ 29.4 x 23.3 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate of Artwork: 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFRAME CHOICES: Oak with mount, Putty wood with mount, White wood with mount, Black wood with mount\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003ePlease note: Our framers are recognised by the Fine Art Trade Guild for their quality because the custom frames have tightly pinned corners, and are made from precision cut wood in England, made bespoke for each order. All our frames are glazed with our Clarity+ Perspex. It's cut from the highest quality acrylic sheet that's both crystal clear, but also safe and filters out 99% of UV light to protect the artwork.\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theshopfloorproject.com\/pages\/framing-workshop\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead more about our FRAMING WORKSHOP here\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1197992766?badge=0\u0026amp;autopause=0\u0026amp;player_id=0\u0026amp;app_id=58479\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"swings VIDEO\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p4\"\u003eSTORY\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.51.25_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574426\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eStacey Dressen-McQueen is a painter we have long admired, and over the past year we have been excited to see the new work emerging from her studio, exclusively for The Shop Floor Project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.51.29_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574454\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe Playroom, which includes some of Stacey’s grandest and most ambitious works to date, is inspired by the idea of a room in a grand old house, filled with games, toys and theatres. A room for play and imagination, where folk art dolls mix with 18th-century games such as Mother Goose and tales of Red Riding Hood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.51.36_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574477\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eWith the skill of a miniaturist, Stacey paints with the most extraordinary detail. Follow the paths and meet hundreds of characters, including a giant cat and Mother Goose flying over a tiny village. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.51.40_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574502\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.51.47_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574528\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe paintings create a kind of imaginary landscape, like a map the dolls and toys have made on the floor when no one is looking; when the clock in the playroom strikes midnight, everything comes alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.51.52_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574555\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eStacey’s work is a rich tapestry of references; from the ‘scrapbooks’ of the 19th century with their strange sense of composition and scale…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.51.56_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574579\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e… and 17th-century floral textiles and hand-painted wallpapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.52.04_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574631\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e(Above: an 18th-century Indienne textile with flowers and foliage. Image: St. Gallen Textile Museum, Inventory No. 25533)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.52.09_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574658\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e(Above: Detail from The Path, Stacey Dressen-McQueen, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIn works such as Mother Goose, The Path and Red Riding Hood, Stacey has explored early board games with their narrative and map-like structure. The Game of the Goose is the earliest commercially produced board game after Francesco de Medici first gifted the game to Philip II of Spain between 1574 and 1587, and the pastime quickly spread in popularity throughout Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.52.19_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574697\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e(Above: Game of The Goose, British Museum 1893,0331.50, 1893,0331.83. Laurie's New and Entertaining Game of The Golden Goose, The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1893,0331.83)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eWe are guided around each piece by the roll of a dice; numbers and animals offer us clues, taking us to mysterious vignettes and nursery rhymes, including Humpty Dumpty, Little Bo Peep, The Cat and the Fiddle and Little Miss Muffet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.52.26_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574723\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIn the painting Riders, we are taken to a kind of floating dollshouse, bursting with activity. Under the house, in the earth, vegetable people are dressed for shopping, and inside the house, people are getting ready for bed and playing the piano.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.52.32_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574748\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.52.37_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574776\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe Tea Party was inspired by the street parties held up and down the country during the 20th century to celebrate the end of the First World War, coronations and such.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.52.41_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574799\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eStacey stacks the ‘streets’ vertically in this lively scene, crowning the party with a giant Victoria sponge cake, under which someone seems to have fallen asleep, while strawberries fall from the sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.52.46_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574819\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eA basket full of mushrooms has been brought to the party, and a horse and carriage rush along the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.52.52_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574846\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eRaised on a farm in South Dakota, Stacey Dressen-McQueen moved to the Pacific Northwest to pursue a career in children's book illustration. In 2003, Boxes For Katje, Stacey’s first book, was published, which Publishers Weekly named Best Children’s Book of the Year and praised as “an outstanding debut”. Stacey has since gone on to illustrate six more picture books and has won many awards and honours for her work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.53.02_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574869\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAs her work developed, she moved into painting, carrying through this deep interest in old children's books, stories, dolls, textiles, and folk art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-04_at_12.54.56_pm_1024x1024.png?v=1780574893\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“When I start a painting, I can get lost in the mark-making, so that can take me some distance, just moving paint. Sometimes the original thought lasts until the end; many times it is layered over and completely altered. I have learned to love that meandering process, trusting it will end up somewhere that was worth the trip.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STACEY DRESSEN MCQUEEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56538052231554,"sku":"(SR)SDM06","price":950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/SwingsCutout1copy.jpg?v=1780562156","url":"https:\/\/theshopfloorproject.com\/products\/swings-original-framed-painting","provider":"THE SHOP FLOOR PROJECT ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}