Original artwork description:

Oil on 300 gms. paper.

The work presents a female nude from behind, frozen in a moment of contemplation and mystery. The figure gently emerges from a vibrant background of violets, blues, and ochres, in which the free brushstrokes create a fluctuating, almost ethereal atmosphere.

The body, modeled with warmth and light, is not offered as a mere anatomical study, but as a symbolic presence: an apparition that seems to oscillate between the tangible and the intangible. The light caresses the back and shoulders, creating a contrast with the lateral shadows that suggest a transition, as if the figure were advancing from shadow to an inner clarity.

The restrained gesture, with the head slightly tilted and the serene posture, invites an introspective reading: more than an individual portrait, it is a mirror of the human condition in its essential nakedness, a state of vulnerability and at the same time of strength.

The background is not a simple stage setting: it is energy in motion, brushstrokes that envelop and connect the figure with the space, underscoring the idea that human beings are never isolated, but immersed in a larger current of life and mystery.

In this painting, the artist manages to transform a classical motif into a poetic and contemporary experience, where the intimate becomes universal and the corporeal rises toward the spiritual.

Materials used:

Oils