Title: Juan Torres | 'Broken Promise' | Acrylic On Canvas | Original

 

Description: Juan Torres - BROKEN PROMISE
Broken Promise is a striking contemporary portrait exploring vulnerability, emotional tension and the 
Juan combines carefully observed facial details with energetic abstraction, allowing colour and texture to communicate what words cannot. The vivid orange forms appear to both embrace and overwhelm the figure, suggesting the complicated emotions associated with trust, disappointment and resilience.
Bold yet deeply intimate, this piece captures the tension between what we reveal to the world and what we carry within ourselves. It is a compelling exploration of human emotion, inviting viewers to find their own meaning within its layers.
Artist Name: Juan Torres
Artwork Title: BROKEN PROMISE
Year Created: 2024
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Height (cm): 110
Width (cm): 90
Signed?: Yes
Rarity: Original 
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Location: Ipswich, UK, IP12
Framing & Delivery: Framed. 
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Juan Torres is a Spanish contemporary artist and practising surgeon whose emotionally charged portraits explore the complexities of human experience, identity and expression.
Born in Cádiz in 1967 and now based in Seville, Juan's creative journey is anything but conventional. Alongside his career as a surgeon at Hospital San Juan de Dios del Aljarafe, he has developed a passion for painting that offers a striking contrast to the precision and discipline of the operating theatre.
Although creativity fascinated him from childhood, it was in 2022 that painting became an important part of his life, offering both a personal refuge and a powerful means of self-expression. Entirely self-taught, Juan has developed his distinctive artistic language through intuition, experimentation and an ongoing fascination with the human face.
Working primarily in acrylics, his portraits combine carefully observed figurative details with expressive brushstrokes, dramatic contrasts of light and shadow, and vibrant, often unexpected colour combinations. His subjects appear caught between moments of stillness and emotional intensity, their expressions suggesting stories that extend far beyond the canvas.
There is a compelling relationship between Juan's two worlds. As a surgeon, he works with the physical realities of the human body; as an artist, he explores the emotions, memories and experiences that lie beneath the surface.
Bold, instinctive and deeply human, Juan's work invites viewers to look beyond appearances and connect with the unspoken stories behind every face.

 

Condition: New

 

Delivery/collection options: this lot is available for collection in person or delivery via courier

 

Location: IP12

 

Category: Art