Original artwork description:

Eternity unfolds here—grand, graceful, and elegant. It lingers in the wisteria that blossoms anew each spring, in the slow, noble cracks spreading across the courtyard walls, and in the soft, eternal murmur of the fountain. In this quiet garden, time does not race forward; it rests, gathering history, memory, and beauty into a single breath.

Nel Giardino del Tempo (In the Garden of Time) is part of The Forgotten Majesty, a series devoted to Sicily’s overlooked fountains, gardens, and architectural relics—fragments of past splendour quietly embraced by nature. Though this view exists, it first arrived as a dream, an image long carried in my mind before reality caught up.

Rooted in my research into the harmonisation of historical narratives and inspired by Heidegger’s and Walter Benjamin’s ideas of hidden meaning and aura, this work reflects the convergence of epochs and identities, where Sicilian daily life becomes a living echo of the eternal.

Materials used:

Oil

Tags:

#landscape #floral #spring #cityscape #italy #botanical #palette knife #village life #bloom #fountain #sicily #wisteria #medditeranean