{"product_id":"before-we-touched","title":"Before We Touched","description":"\u003cp\u003eARTWORK DESCRIPTION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBEFORE WE TOUCHED\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome beginnings are almost impossible to see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA glance held for slightly too long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA hand extended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA moment in which neither person quite knows what will happen next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBefore We Touched\u003c\/em\u003e captures that suspended instant just before connection becomes real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two figures move towards one another, yet the most important part of the composition is the small space that still remains between their hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNothing has happened yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd somehow, everything has.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe man remains more firmly rooted in graphite, while the woman seems to gather colour, texture and movement around her as she approaches. Their different visual languages begin to meet in the same way they do — gradually, tentatively, without either one disappearing into the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is romance here, but not certainty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the fragile stage before a relationship has a name, when attraction is still possibility and a single gesture can feel larger than anything that follows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBefore We Touched\u003c\/em\u003e is the first work in\u003cstrong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/surrealmindscapes.co.uk\/products\/the-togetherness-triptych\"\u003eThe Togetherness Triptych\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, following a relationship through three connected moments. Each artwork has been created to form part of the wider visual story while remaining a complete Fine Art piece in its own right, allowing it to be displayed \u003cstrong\u003eindividually or as part of the full triptych\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated for those who remember \u003cstrong\u003ethe extraordinary tension of almost touching someone for the first time — when closeness is still new enough to feel slightly unreal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause sometimes the beginning of a story is not the first kiss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSometimes it is simply the moment when two people reach towards one another —\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand neither pulls away.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003edigital artwork by Surreal Mindscapes\u003c\/strong\u003e, created in a \u003cstrong\u003ePainterly style inspired by expressive graphite drawing and sculptural impasto painting\u003c\/strong\u003e, and produced as a museum-quality Giclée Fine Art print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis artwork forms \u003cstrong\u003ePart One of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/surrealmindscapes.co.uk\/products\/the-togetherness-triptych\"\u003eThe Togetherness Triptych\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. Each work is available separately and has been composed to stand beautifully on its own, while the complete set creates a connected visual narrative when displayed together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpressive graphite-inspired marks, generous negative space and broad painterly passages are intentionally fused throughout the composition. The female figure moves into larger areas of visually sculptural paint while the male figure remains more strongly connected to loose graphite, allowing the space between them to become part of the artwork itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe physical artwork is a flat Fine Art print. The visible raised paint, broken edges and impasto-like surfaces are part of the digital composition rather than physically applied paint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted on \u003cstrong\u003eHahnemühle German Etching 310 gsm\u003c\/strong\u003e, a beautifully textured, heavyweight Fine Art paper chosen to complement the artwork’s graphite character, restrained palette and visually tactile painterly detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCOLOURWAY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarm ivory · graphite black · weathered charcoal · muted blue-grey · soft stone · raw umber · subtle ochre gold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAVAILABLE FORMATS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTUDIO — 21 × 30 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSIGNATURE — 30 × 40 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach format is carefully composed for its individual proportions. Small differences in cropping, spacing or placement may therefore appear between sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe broad impasto-like passages, visibly broken paint edges, irregular graphite-inspired lines, splashes and softly unfinished areas are \u003cstrong\u003eintentional parts of the artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e. Texture is deliberately concentrated rather than applied evenly across the composition, while faces and skin remain visually calmer and smoother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUNFRAMED\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork is supplied \u003cstrong\u003eunframed\u003c\/strong\u003e. Any frames or styled interior settings shown in presentation images are for display purposes only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColours, contrast and fine tonal details may vary slightly between screen display and the finished Fine Art print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesigned and created by Surreal Mindscapes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Surreal Mindscapes","offers":[{"title":"Studio · 21 × 30 cm","offer_id":54709649080658,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signature · 30 × 40 cm","offer_id":54709649113426,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1102\/7182\/4210\/files\/BEFORE_WE_TOUCHED_NEW.png?v=1790711819","url":"https:\/\/surrealmindscapes.co.uk\/products\/before-we-touched","provider":"Surreal Mindscapes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}