{"id":553,"date":"2024-06-04T19:33:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T19:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manzodakota.com\/?p=553"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:04:55","slug":"hoping-to-dine-on-a-deserted-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/hoping-to-dine-on-a-deserted-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoping to dine on a deserted island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was looking around in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marionroyaelgallery.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marion Royael Gallery<\/a> in Beacon, NY, when I noticed this table with an ocean and island scene on top. My first thought was: wouldn&#8217;t this be a great dining table, so that I could eat my meals with my plate providing me with views of a deserted island?<\/p>\n<p>It turns out it&#8217;s actually a side table, seeing as there&#8217;s a shelf underneath and therefore no place for one to fit a chair (and legs) under the table to actually sit at it, but I still love the idea. I asked the gallery owner about it, and he said the artist is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StudioZarraArt\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Zarra<\/a>, and this ocean scene is actually based on the Hawaiian Islands. The table was made in 2018, and has a resin top with a barnwood base.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-555\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/side-table-with-ocean-scene.jpg\" alt=\"side table with ocean scene by Joe Zarra\" width=\"850\" height=\"901\" class=\"size-full wp-image-555\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Side table by Joe Zarra seen at Marion Royael Gallery in Beacon, NY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The gallerist suggested that one might be able to commission the artist to make a dining table with a similar ocean scene top, but the suggested ballpark price range was a bit higher than the current Manzo Dakota budget. Nevertheless, it would be a great conversation piece and a very artistic table to own, don&#8217;t you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was looking around in Marion Royael Gallery in Beacon, NY, when I noticed this table with an ocean and island scene on top. My first thought was: wouldn&#8217;t this be a great dining table, so that I could eat my meals with my plate providing me with views of a deserted island? It turns &#8230; <a title=\"Hoping to dine on a deserted island\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/hoping-to-dine-on-a-deserted-island\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hoping to dine on a deserted island\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,24],"tags":[143,242,411,465,722],"class_list":["post-553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-home-living","tag-beacon-ny","tag-desert-island","tag-joe-zarra","tag-marion-royael-gallery","tag-table"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3271,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions\/3271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}