{"title":"EXPERIMENTAL PORTRAITS","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection was born out of a need for color in my portraits. Visual textures help me push my compositions further, and as I experiment with this language, I gather these portrait paintings here.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"before-disappearing-original-painting","title":"Before Disappearing | Original Painting","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"265\" data-end=\"625\"\u003eLines and suspended shadows arrange themselves as they cross a memory on the verge of scattering. Tension unfolds between presence and escape, where the grain of the charcoal is cut through by flashes of color. Rooted in fracture and distortion, the work inhabits a liminal space — between what reveals itself and what has already chosen not to return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"628\"\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"743\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"664\"\u003eOriginal Painting by Juan Orbes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"667\"\u003eCharcoal and dry pastels on 180g high-quality paper\u003cbr data-start=\"718\" data-end=\"721\"\u003eDimensions: 50 x 35 cm (19.7 x 13.8 in)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"745\" data-end=\"852\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSealed with fixative and shipped flat between wooden panels. 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Layers of matter veil ghostly faces, revealing a transition while sustaining the tension of nearing. Being close without fully crossing shapes a reality where becoming remains unfinished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"615\"\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"724\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVarnished and shipped flat between wooden panels.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"583\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncludes a signed certificate of authenticity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Juan Orbes Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51448824594728,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9017\/4504\/files\/04_Layout.png?v=1771530853"},{"product_id":"natura-original-painting","title":"Natura | Original Painting","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"506\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"546\"\u003eOriginal Painting by Juan Orbes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"549\"\u003eOil on 220 g Canson paper\u003cbr data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"577\"\u003eDimensions: 50 × 35 cm (19.7 × 13.8 in)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"506\"\u003eMatter holds its own state. Shadows surface as fragments between layers of texture, shaping a dissolving face, as if nature had reclaimed the figure. 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