Anna Barone - Nonostante tutto

Despite Everything - Anna Barone

In this work, the deep blue dominates the scene, pierced by a lighter area that seems to resist the pressure of darkness.
The painterly material is dense, layered, marked by drips and vertical traces that suggest a slow, lived time.
A small golden accent emerges as a minimal yet persistent presence: not a destination, but a sign of staying power.
Despite everything, it is an image of silent permanence, of a fragile but stubborn balance.

The work is part of the artist's exploration of the themes of interior thresholds and the horizons of the soul: abstract, dreamlike spaces open to the viewer's interpretation, where imperfection and matter become an integral part of the expressive language.

Concept Series 'Suspended Horizons'

This work belongs to my pictorial journey dedicated to 'Suspended Horizons,' a quest born from the encounter between water and intuition. In these canvases, fluid matter constructs inner landscapes—imagined visions that do not depict real places but states of mind, perceptual thresholds, and fragments of ephemeral beauty.

The surface develops through light layers, transparencies, and sparse patches that evoke silence, anticipation, and the breath of suspended time. In some works, essential signs emerge — stylized blooms, floating corollas, reflected trees — symbolic presences that amplify the meditative and dreamlike aspect without imposing a closed narrative. The series remains an ongoing process, open to gestural and formal variations, faithful to a poetics of the unsaid and the threshold.

Artist Statement

My work explores the fluid nature of water and its ability to generate shapes, movement, and light. Through watercolors, inks, and light glazes, I translate this energy into abstract visions that evoke calm, mystery, and introspection.

I paint landscapes of the unconscious: suspended horizons, reflected trees, inner blooms. Each work is an invitation to slow down, to get lost, to 'breathe with the eyes.' I let the water guide the process, embracing imperfections and fleeting traces as fragments of truth.

Welcome to my dreams on canvas.


Additional information

Original work hand-engraved on the front and/or back.

Protected with matte paint that prevents yellowing.

Certificate of authenticity included

Conditions: excellent

Secure and tracked shipping.

Professional tube packaging (the fabric will be shipped rolled up for greater sustainability).

The canvas has painted edges with a thickness of 2 cm; therefore the frame on which the painting will be remounted must have the same thickness (1.8 cm).

N.B.
The original colors may differ slightly from the photos due to screen settings.
The ambient photos are simulations that do not always faithfully reflect the true dimensions of the work; therefore please rely on the measurements reported in the description.


Origin

Directly from the artist
Italy

Anna Barone (Nanako)
Year 2000 Diploma of Art Teacher
Year 2002 Diploma in Advertising Graphics and Photography
Years 2020+ Exhibitions and sales in Naples and Rome.
Collaboration with Galleria Barattolo Roma in progress.