V. Altieri (1977) - Equilibrio Notturno

Title: Nighttime Balance
Artist: V. Altieri
Technique: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 30 × 50 cm

The work presents a rigorous and harmonious composition, constructed through clear geometric volumes and solid color fields. The depicted landscape evokes a village suspended between reality and abstraction: essential architectures, reduced to primary shapes, fit together with almost musical precision, creating a sense of silent and contemplative order.
The houses, characterized by pitched roofs in intense reds, deep blues, and bright yellows, emerge from a light, compact base, punctuated by minimal, vertical openings that suggest windows and doors without dwelling on detail. The surfaces are treated with a uniform, slightly vibrant paint that lets the grain of the panel show through and reveals the hand of the painter in the brushwork.
The night sky, spread out in a black velvet, is dominated by a full, bright, unmoving moon, visually balancing the entire composition and accentuating the suspended, metaphysical atmosphere of the scene. In the center, a geometric bridge, built of horizontal, symmetric bands, crosses the water surface below, where the image reflects with mirror-like precision, reinforcing the theme of balance and duality.
Small masses of vegetation, rendered with oval shapes and alternating warm and cool colors, introduce a chromatic rhythm that softens the architectural rigidity. Two stylized human figures, barely hinted at, cross the bridge: their minimal yet meaningful presence suggests an intimate narrative dimension, made up of relationship and shared silence.
Overall, the work sits in a timeless dimension, where light, color, and geometry dialogue in a poetic balance, offering the viewer a focused, contemplative, and deeply harmonious vision.