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The caress (2020) Original Acrylic Painting by Luis López Cabán
83 x 103.5 x 3.5cm (framed) / 80 x 100cm (actual image size)
£4,494.36
Original artwork description
The Caress, 2020
In this painting I explore the complex coexistence of desire, power, seduction, and mortality. A solitary figure dressed in a deep red garment reminiscent of ecclesiastical authority is seen from behind, creating both distance and mystery. The viewer is not invited to see the face, but rather to witness a moment, intimate, ambiguous, and quietly charged with tension.
Two hands enter the scene from opposite sides, forming a symbolic dialogue around the figure. One of them, skeletal and fragile, rests gently on the shoulder, a silent reminder of mortality. The other hand is pale, elegant, and strangely unsettling. Its fingers resemble elongated legs, almost transforming the hand into a creature of desire and movement. Each finger is adorned with elaborate gold rings set with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and other precious stones. The opulence of these jewels intensifies the sense of temptation, seduction, and material desire.
In this encounter several opposing forces coexist. There is a tension between eroticism and abstinence, temptation and restraint, desire and renunciation. The jeweled hand evokes seduction, wealth, vanity, and the seductive power of earthly pleasures, while the skeletal hand quietly introduces the inevitable presence of death. Between them stands the figure, caught in a moment of suspended awareness, both the one who seduces and the one who is seduced.
The title The Caress deepens this paradox. A caress is usually associated with tenderness, yet here it becomes something more ambiguous. The caress becomes a multiplied desire, a gesture that carries within it longing, temptation, vanity, and the fragile awareness of time. It suggests the strange human condition in which life, desire, greed, beauty, and death constantly intertwine.
The deep red cloak intensifies this atmosphere of tension and introspection. Red evokes power, passion, sacrifice, and spiritual authority, while the surrounding darkness isolates the figures and amplifies the silent drama of the moment.
Through this image I wanted to create a scene that feels both seductive and philosophical, a meditation on desire, wealth, temptation, and mortality, and on the fragile boundary between spiritual restraint and the irresistible forces that continue to shape human life.
Artist note:
The artwork offered here is a unique original painting created by me in 2020 in Berlin, titled The Caress. The work is executed in acrylic on stretched canvas and is presented in a beautiful black frame, ready to hang.
My paintings are part of private collections in Berlin, San Juan, Los Angeles, Dallas, Paris, Buenos Aires, Singapore, Bogotá, New York, Michigan and Madrid.
Please note that the perception of colors may vary slightly depending on individual monitor settings.
If you have any questions about my work or would like additional photos or videos with more detailed views of the painting, I would be happy to provide them. Please feel free to contact me.
SHIPPING DETAILS
◾ This painting will be carefully packed with the utmost attention and shipped free of charge, rolled in a strong protective cardboard tube to ensure safe international transportation. The artwork will be sent via UPS with tracking and is expected to arrive within approximately 4–7 days, depending on the destination country.
◾ Rolled canvas works can easily be stretched onto wooden stretcher bars and/or framed by a professional framer upon arrival.
◾ The artwork is signed by the artist.
◾ Please note that the artwork is not externally framed. The canvas is shipped rolled for safer international transport and can be professionally stretched or framed once received.
◾ Buyers are responsible for any import duties, customs fees, or local taxes that may apply depending on the regulations of the destination country.
◾ Returns are accepted within 14 days of delivery. In the event of a return, the buyer is responsible for the return shipping costs, and the artwork must be returned in its original condition and packaging.
◾ If you have any questions regarding shipping, packaging, or the artwork itself, please feel free to contact me. I will be happy to assist you.
Materials used:
Acrylic on canvas
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 83 x 103.5 x 3.5cm (framed) / 80 x 100cm (actual image size)
- Framed and ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#nude#church#gold#death#artwork#framed painting#jewellery#religion#home decor#caress
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Original artwork description
The Caress, 2020
In this painting I explore the complex coexistence of desire, power, seduction, and mortality. A solitary figure dressed in a deep red garment reminiscent of ecclesiastical authority is seen from behind, creating both distance and mystery. The viewer is not invited to see the face, but rather to witness a moment, intimate, ambiguous, and quietly charged with tension.
Two hands enter the scene from opposite sides, forming a symbolic dialogue around the figure. One of them, skeletal and fragile, rests gently on the shoulder, a silent reminder of mortality. The other hand is pale, elegant, and strangely unsettling. Its fingers resemble elongated legs, almost transforming the hand into a creature of desire and movement. Each finger is adorned with elaborate gold rings set with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and other precious stones. The opulence of these jewels intensifies the sense of temptation, seduction, and material desire.
In this encounter several opposing forces coexist. There is a tension between eroticism and abstinence, temptation and restraint, desire and renunciation. The jeweled hand evokes seduction, wealth, vanity, and the seductive power of earthly pleasures, while the skeletal hand quietly introduces the inevitable presence of death. Between them stands the figure, caught in a moment of suspended awareness, both the one who seduces and the one who is seduced.
The title The Caress deepens this paradox. A caress is usually associated with tenderness, yet here it becomes something more ambiguous. The caress becomes a multiplied desire, a gesture that carries within it longing, temptation, vanity, and the fragile awareness of time. It suggests the strange human condition in which life, desire, greed, beauty, and death constantly intertwine.
The deep red cloak intensifies this atmosphere of tension and introspection. Red evokes power, passion, sacrifice, and spiritual authority, while the surrounding darkness isolates the figures and amplifies the silent drama of the moment.
Through this image I wanted to create a scene that feels both seductive and philosophical, a meditation on desire, wealth, temptation, and mortality, and on the fragile boundary between spiritual restraint and the irresistible forces that continue to shape human life.
Artist note:
The artwork offered here is a unique original painting created by me in 2020 in Berlin, titled The Caress. The work is executed in acrylic on stretched canvas and is presented in a beautiful black frame, ready to hang.
My paintings are part of private collections in Berlin, San Juan, Los Angeles, Dallas, Paris, Buenos Aires, Singapore, Bogotá, New York, Michigan and Madrid.
Please note that the perception of colors may vary slightly depending on individual monitor settings.
If you have any questions about my work or would like additional photos or videos with more detailed views of the painting, I would be happy to provide them. Please feel free to contact me.
SHIPPING DETAILS
◾ This painting will be carefully packed with the utmost attention and shipped free of charge, rolled in a strong protective cardboard tube to ensure safe international transportation. The artwork will be sent via UPS with tracking and is expected to arrive within approximately 4–7 days, depending on the destination country.
◾ Rolled canvas works can easily be stretched onto wooden stretcher bars and/or framed by a professional framer upon arrival.
◾ The artwork is signed by the artist.
◾ Please note that the artwork is not externally framed. The canvas is shipped rolled for safer international transport and can be professionally stretched or framed once received.
◾ Buyers are responsible for any import duties, customs fees, or local taxes that may apply depending on the regulations of the destination country.
◾ Returns are accepted within 14 days of delivery. In the event of a return, the buyer is responsible for the return shipping costs, and the artwork must be returned in its original condition and packaging.
◾ If you have any questions regarding shipping, packaging, or the artwork itself, please feel free to contact me. I will be happy to assist you.
Materials used:
Acrylic on canvas
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 83 x 103.5 x 3.5cm (framed) / 80 x 100cm (actual image size)
- Framed and ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#nude#church#gold#death#artwork#framed painting#jewellery#religion#home decor#caress