Nidus (2026) Original Acrylic Painting by Federica Belloli
76.2 x 76.2 x 2cm (unframed) / 76.2 x 76.2cm (actual image size)
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Original artwork description
Currently reserved for the WOMAN exhibition at James Baird Gallery, Canada (September 26, 2026 – January 25, 2027). Availability may be updated after the exhibition.
Nidus is an invitation to return to the here and now, to the natural world, and to recognize the silent dignity of every creature, no matter how small, fragile, or different. Each botanical imprint held within the material becomes a sign — an unrepeatable presence, a fragment of life that deserves attention.
Nidus explores the body as a place of protection. The figure becomes a threshold: a quiet form suspended within a space of matter, memory, and vegetal traces.
The circular shape evokes a nest, a cocoon, a soft enclosure. It receives the body the way remembrance receives an instant. The skirt expands into a territory built from botanical imprints, layered glazes, and chromatic sediments. Leaves and flowers emerge as residues of a season, fragments of a vital cycle impressed upon the surface.
In this work, rest becomes a gesture of transformation. The human form slowly dissolves into its environment, and the boundaries between skin, fabric, and earth become permeable. What remains is a state of intimacy within a silent hour — an hour that does not merely pass, but settles.
This painting is part of The White Hour series, devoted to liminal states of being: moments in which the body becomes process, and time stratifies and leaves traces. Here, the hour is quiet: a white hour of protection, regeneration, return.
Materials used:
Acrylic colors and botanical collage on cradled wood panel.
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Panel / Board / MDF
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 76.2 x 76.2 x 2cm (unframed) / 76.2 x 76.2cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
Currently reserved for the WOMAN exhibition at James Baird Gallery, Canada (September 26, 2026 – January 25, 2027). Availability may be updated after the exhibition.
Nidus is an invitation to return to the here and now, to the natural world, and to recognize the silent dignity of every creature, no matter how small, fragile, or different. Each botanical imprint held within the material becomes a sign — an unrepeatable presence, a fragment of life that deserves attention.
Nidus explores the body as a place of protection. The figure becomes a threshold: a quiet form suspended within a space of matter, memory, and vegetal traces.
The circular shape evokes a nest, a cocoon, a soft enclosure. It receives the body the way remembrance receives an instant. The skirt expands into a territory built from botanical imprints, layered glazes, and chromatic sediments. Leaves and flowers emerge as residues of a season, fragments of a vital cycle impressed upon the surface.
In this work, rest becomes a gesture of transformation. The human form slowly dissolves into its environment, and the boundaries between skin, fabric, and earth become permeable. What remains is a state of intimacy within a silent hour — an hour that does not merely pass, but settles.
This painting is part of The White Hour series, devoted to liminal states of being: moments in which the body becomes process, and time stratifies and leaves traces. Here, the hour is quiet: a white hour of protection, regeneration, return.
Materials used:
Acrylic colors and botanical collage on cradled wood panel.
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Panel / Board / MDF
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 76.2 x 76.2 x 2cm (unframed) / 76.2 x 76.2cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Federica Belloli
Italy
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Imagination is not an escape, but the place where the invisible takes form. This is the space in which my painting is rooted. I am a figurative painter, and I... Read more