{"product_id":"temperance","title":"\"Temperance\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Temperance\" 2025 Oil on Canvas 50cm x 60cm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title \"Temperance\" points to restraint: not responding, not reopening - resisting the pull of something that no longer belongs in your life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece explores the kind of contact that doesn't end when a relationship does. The hand rests on the figure's face without permission, as though it still has a right to remain - familiar but no longer welcome, existing between memory and presence. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe figure's expression sits between detachment and quiet disgust. She turns away, not in fear, but in rejection - aware of the touch but refusing to accept it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work reflects the quieter aftermath of a relationship - the part no one prepares you for. When it ends, the body does not immediately understand. It holds onto gestures like ghosts: the shape of fingers, the weight of attention, the way someone once reached for you. These traces persist, finding ways to return - not physically, but in the spaces where you are most unguarded. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven from a distance, past relationships can linger. Even after separation, there can be a sense of being affected against your will. The touch becomes symbolic of that persistence: not intimate, but intrusive. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zoë O'Hare - Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53740321571163,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8881\/4171\/files\/temperance1.jpg?v=1786221506","url":"https:\/\/zoeohareart.com\/products\/temperance","provider":"Zoë O'Hare - Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}