{"product_id":"gloaming-breaks","title":"Gloaming Breaks","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eGloaming Breaks is the first in an upcoming body of large scale\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003ecanvas works by MJ Lourens. It is a deliberate choice on the\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eartist's part to now produce paintings that are commanding in\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003escale, style and subject matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003ePortrait format is a particularly bold choice for this work. It serves\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eto draw the viewer in, beckoning you to step through the frame\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003einto the world of the image. That world is both real and surreal,\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eboth urban in scope and yet the foreground where the viewer\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003efloats upon the earth is pastoral. We enter this landscape in\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003edarkness and then soar over it towards the dawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eAll of these contrasts speak to Lourens' artistic relationship to the\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003emodern world. The depth and richness of these new paintings\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eexplores how so much of contemporary life contains its own\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eopposite. We are more connected than ever and yet isolation is\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eprevalent. As cities expand, they impede on the natural spaces\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003ewhere we thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eThese themes have always informed Lourens' approach to\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003epainting, but past work has embraced melancholy as a primary\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eemotional foundation. Here, Lourens lands on the side of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eThere are large green spaces in this city. Warm blooming yellows\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eand soft pinks pulse through inhabited areas that feel full, but\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003enever congested. The artist's signature pixelation in the sky is\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eusually a suggestion of distortion, but here a stately stone pine\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003eintentionally breaks more of the sky than the pixels. 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