{"product_id":"purple-haze","title":"Purple Haze","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Purple Haze” \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ereflects the brutal distance between witnessing conflict and speaking about it from safety. The title refers to the surreal colors, smoke and atmosphere surrounding explosions and bombardments, something instantly recognizable to those who have stood close enough to feel the pressure, heat and silence afterward.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe painting symbolizes the confrontation between reality and observation. Some images never fully leave the mind because they were never meant to be normal human experiences in the first place. Yet decisions about war, crisis and operational environments are often shaped by people who never stood inside them, never smelled the burning air and never watched the horizon disappear behind smoke and impact.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe figures inside the work are not heroes. They are witnesses. Small silhouettes standing before something larger than explanation itself, trying to process moments most people will never see in their lifetime.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e“Purple Haze” reflects the invisible separation between those who discuss conflict and those who physically carry its memory afterward.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eCreated on canvas using acrylic paint applied with my combat knife. Parts of the paint were spread using fabric from a shirt I wore during bombardments in Beirut, sections of which were burned during the explosions. I use real operational materials to leave something of myself behind in the canvas to give the are a soul.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eDimensions 50 X 70 cv on canvas \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter J. Mars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58141113319769,"sku":null,"price":1825.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1044\/6713\/6857\/files\/12PurplehazeL50XH70.jpg?v=1779798505","url":"https:\/\/greyhall-publishing.com\/products\/purple-haze","provider":"Greyhall Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}