{"id":2959,"date":"2007-12-05T07:08:23","date_gmt":"2007-12-05T15:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/12\/hidden_meanings_in_gossip_girl.html"},"modified":"2007-12-05T07:08:23","modified_gmt":"2007-12-05T15:08:23","slug":"hidden_meanings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/12\/hidden_meanings.html","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Meanings In Gossip Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

The real-life art portrayed on the CW’s Gossip Girl is “a celebration of having lived on Staten Island,” according to the 60-year-old painter who created the works<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The swirling watercolors featured in the CW hit are the work of artist Rita Wilmers — a retired fashion designer who has quietly channeled her love of the arts into a second career from her home in Forest Hills, Queens.<\/p>\n

One of Wilmers’ paintings, “Three of Hearts,” was the focus of an episode in October and it makes a reappearance in tonight’s episode, “Hi, Society,” in which boho mom and artist Alison Humphrey has an opening at her hipster husband Rufus’ Brooklyn art gallery.<\/p>\n

“‘Three of Hearts’ marks the end of one part of my life — my 32 years on Staten Island — and the beginning of a new life in Forest Hills and a new [more abstract] art style,” Wilmers said. “It’s a celebration of having lived on Staten Island, saying goodbye, and moving on.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The real-life art portrayed on the CW’s Gossip Girl is “a celebration of having lived on Staten Island,” according to the 60-year-old painter who created the works: The swirling watercolors featured in the CW hit are the work of artist Rita Wilmers — a retired fashion designer who has quietly channeled her love of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insert_muted_trumpets_sad_wahwah_here"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}