Lovers' Farewell

THE LOVERS' FAREWELL

Gallery: Wound and Ornament · Neo-Expressionism · Artist: Adrian Thomas

They didn't hug to stay. They hugged because they already knew it was goodbye.

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DESCRIPTION:

The Lovers' Farewell belongs to SANTOGrail's Wound and Ornament wing, where the image is constructed from matter, gesture, emotional tension, and the wounded beauty of the stroke.

The artwork depicts a couple embracing in a tight close-up, with no landscape or narrative distractions. Everything happens in the contact: the skin, the hands, the inclination of the bodies, and the silence of the gesture. It is not an embrace of beginning, but of end. There is desire, but also farewell. There is closeness, but also a crack that has already entered the scene.

The visual language responds to an intimate gestural neo-expressionism. The dense brushwork, the treatment of the skin, the dark background, and the torn red transform the composition into an emotional surface. The artwork does not seek to represent a conventional romantic scene; it seeks to capture that instant when love still touches, even though it already knows something has been lost.

The Lovers' Farewell is an Open Edition artwork for collectors seeking an intense, sensual, and expressive piece: an image where the body does not celebrate desire, but tries to retain what the farewell has already begun to take away.

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Technical Data Sheet — Master Print Edition

• Ratio: 3:4
• Master resolution: 12000 × 16000 px
• Print resolution: 300 true DPI
• Color space: Professional CMYK (4 separations)
• Depth: 8 bits per channel
• Delivery format: PDF Master Fine Art ready for printing
• Recommended size: 60 × 80 cm (with ample margin for professional enlargement)

Note: This file is not optimized for screens. It is a certified edition designed for museum-quality printing on canvas or Fine Art papers.

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Personal use and non-commercial exhibition.

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Recommended Exhibition Guide

SANTOGrail recommends this artwork for exhibition formats up to 60 × 80 cm, with professional printing on fine art paper or artistic canvas.

As a curatorial criterion, we suggest:

• professional quality fine art paper or artistic canvas
• pigment inks
• sober frames in matte black, natural wood or off-white
• LED lighting, no direct sunlight
• a presentation where the artwork can visually breathe

For artworks printed on paper, framing with acrylic or UV-protected glass and with adequate separation between the artwork and the protective surface is suggested.

The final appreciation will depend on the support, the laboratory, the lighting, and the exhibition space.

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Suggested Short Table

Larger formats may be technically viable, but SANTOGrail considers up to 60 × 80 cm as its preferred exhibition range.

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Creative Process

Digital fine art created through human artistic direction, generative AI assistance, visual curation, digital pictorial intervention, and final post-production by SANTOGrail · Fine Art & Literary House.

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Please review the following links to learn more about our gallery's technical standard, as well as the scope of the license provided with each digital artwork, and the recommendations for printing master files.

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