{"product_id":"sleeping-with-ghosts","title":"Sleeping With Ghosts","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSleeping with Ghosts\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginal oil painting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy Timothy Colomer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSleeping with Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e began as an artistic challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill relatively new to working in oils, \u003cstrong\u003eTimothy Colomer\u003c\/strong\u003e wanted to push his technical abilities and experiment with a composition influenced by the dramatic light, darkness, and atmosphere associated with \u003cstrong\u003eCaravaggio\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe goal was to create a presence that felt almost contradictory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA ghost, but not something frightening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething mysterious and otherworldly, yet captivating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost angelic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe painting became an exercise in capturing something that seems physically present while simultaneously feeling as though it might disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the work developed, \u003cem\u003eSleeping with Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e became more than a technical study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ghost became a metaphor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps it is someone you have lost but still feel beside you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps it is someone you miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps it is a secret that shares the room with you even when no one else knows it exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr perhaps it is simply the lingering essence of a person, place, or moment that has never completely left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe painting deliberately leaves that question unanswered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause most of us, in one way or another, sleep with ghosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe carry people who are no longer there. We carry memories. We carry longing, secrets, love, regret, and pieces of lives that exist now only within us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe ghost in the painting belongs to Timothy Colomer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat it represents belongs to the viewer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eArtwork Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSleeping with Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e began as an original oil painting by \u003cstrong\u003eTimothy Colomer\u003c\/strong\u003e, created during a period in which the artist was deliberately developing his technical abilities with oil paint and exploring dramatic approaches to light, shadow, atmosphere, and the human figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach print is professionally reproduced using high-quality digital printing to preserve the tonal range, subtle transitions, painterly texture, and atmospheric character of the original work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour print is produced as an \u003cstrong\u003e8 × 10 inch fine art print\u003c\/strong\u003e on premium archival paper, making it easy to frame and display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Information\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal oil painting by Timothy Colomer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFine art reproduction of the original artwork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted size: \u003cstrong\u003e8 × 10 inches\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMuseum-quality archival paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfessionally printed using high-resolution digital printing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted in the United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarefully packaged for shipping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart of Timothy Colomer's emotionally driven body of work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"10″ x 8″ (Horizontal) \/ Semi Glossy","offer_id":47827852066947,"sku":"12216040583856330359","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10″ x 8″ (Horizontal) \/ Matte","offer_id":47827852099715,"sku":"18105778254082351400","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0746\/6614\/7971\/files\/11190275062388674017_2048.jpg?v=1786489374","url":"https:\/\/shop.littledogartstudios.com\/products\/sleeping-with-ghosts","provider":"Little Dog Art Studios","version":"1.0","type":"link"}