Riflessi

In Riflessi, Donatella Ballisai draws the painting’s tension into a band of ivory and gold just right of centre. To its left, cobalt and ultramarine gather in two deep passages divided by silver reflections. The pale band alternates between jagged relief and turquoise veils, carrying the eye from textured density into colour’s apparent depth.

Seen from afar, the distribution of forms suggests a coastline viewed from above. Up close, that shoreline breaks into veins, ripples and amber layers. Resin is essential to this shift in scale: transparent areas allow underlying colours to emerge, while raised surfaces catch the light and reveal details invisible at a distance.

The title evokes the shifting nature of this vision. A slight change of position brings a previously hidden detail into focus as another area recedes into shadow. The imagined landscape takes shape in the encounter between painted surface, light and the viewer’s gaze.