Natalia Revelles - Se acabó la Función

The Show is Over

Unique handmade artwork.

Technique: Mixed media on canvas.
Materials: Acrylic and paper.
Hand-signed on the reverse.
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity.

The canvas is shipped rolled, carefully protected inside a reinforced rigid tube. This shipping method ensures optimal protection during transit. Upon arrival, the buyer can have the canvas professionally stretched over wooden stretcher bars by a local framer, according to their preferred presentation.

The Show is Over is part of The Other Dimension collection, a reflection on the moment when the performer is finally released from the role that has consumed the entire day. The harlequin costume alludes to the theatre of existence, while real confetti, physically embedded into the surface of the painting, becomes both a tangible remnant of the celebration and a symbol of the illusions left behind once the spectacle has ended. Beneath the performance lies the awareness that the identities we defend and the social structures we uphold are, ultimately, shared fictions. The figure, suspended between relief and exhaustion, confronts the emptiness that follows the end of the spectacle. Through the contrast between the geometric costume, expressive realism, the textured presence of the embedded confetti, and a muted, atmospheric background, the painting transforms this intimate realization into a meditation on illusion, consciousness, and the burden of playing a part.

Natalia Revelles López (b. 1983, Córdoba, Spain) is a painter whose work explores identity, memory, and the relationship between the human mind and nature.

She studied Fine Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts Alonso Cano in Granada, graduating in 2006. Her practice combines portraiture with natural and symbolic elements, using expressive brushwork and layered techniques.

In recent years, her work has evolved toward a more introspective and symbolic language, incorporating mixed media, texture, and vibrant colour to create emotionally charged compositions.