Nan Laar - Waar Aanraking Blijft

In Where Touch Remains, Nan Laar captures a moment of raw intimacy and emotional closeness. Two figures are in each other's immediate space, a touch so close that they almost merge, yet each retains their own inner world.

The female portrait is central: her gaze half-closed, her skin warm and seasoned, her expression open and vulnerable. The touch of the other is not an explicit gesture but an presence, perceptible, unavoidable, charged. Blooming elements intertwine with the figures, as if nature and emotion merge.

Laar works here with powerful, expressive brushstrokes and transparent layers that balance between figuration and looseness. The color palette, warm pink tones, deep earthy browns, and light accents, enhances the physicality and emotional tension of the image. The paint remains visibly present, allowing the work to breathe and pulse.

The painting explores themes such as desire, surrender, and the vulnerability of closeness.
Where Touch Remains invites the viewer not only to watch but to feel, in that brief moment when distance disappears and time loses its grip.
An intense and layered work that is characteristic of Nan Laar's emotionally rich and distinctive body of work.


Dimensions: 85 x 95 cm
Medium: oil paint on canvas
Not ready to hang: no, the painting is rolled up and needs to be re-stretched by your local framer.
Attention! The paintings are freshly out of the studio and in oil paint, so the oil paint is not fully cured yet. Some caution is advised!
Signature: front side, also signed Certificate Year: 2025
Shipping: rolled in a tube
Sending rolled, extra large formats is safer and more environmentally friendly than sending ready-made works. The canvas can easily be stretched by a framer at your location.