Cavern captures the suspended moment between darkness and revelation — the instant of standing at the threshold, about to step out of a cave into the deep night illuminated by moonlight.
The cavern, evocative of ancient Neolithic grottoes, preserves the mystery of origins and opens onto a landscape that seems to belong to an enchanted world.
Outside, a forest unfolds under the moon’s glow, inhabited by invisible presences. The rocky archway of the cave’s mouth, bearing faint traces of cave paintings, frames a small lake — almost a pond — from which fireflies and mist rise, creating a dreamlike and suspended atmosphere.
Trees are mirrored in the water, generating unsettling reflections and shadows, while through the branches a full, luminous, and dominant moon can be glimpsed, transforming the scene into a nocturnal vision rich in symbolism.
The work explores the boundary between inside and outside, between ancestral memory and imagination, between darkness and light. It lingers at the threshold, where everything is possible and nothing is yet defined.
Broad, textural brushstrokes shape the surface of the canvas, lending it a three-dimensional quality. The thickly applied pigment creates contrasts between dark tones and pearlescent highlights, enhancing the depth and mystery that permeate the entire composition.
