Roberto Mauri (1977) - Soglia di Silenzio

Artist: Roberto Mauri
Title: "Soglia di Silenzio"
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm

In this 30x30 cm oil on canvas, Roberto Mauri builds an intimate and gathered composition, where the painterly material becomes the absolute protagonist. The surface comes alive through dense layering, incised marks and glazes that modulate light in a subtle dialogue between depth and suspension.
The visual center is dominated by a calibrated balance between color fields and gestural tensions. The tones, harmonized in a measured yet vibrant range, expand and contract like held breaths, creating an internal rhythm that guides the eye without ever forcing it. The brushstrokes, at times thick and tactile, at other times more blended and rarified, generate a texture that invites close observation, almost tangible.
Light seems to emerge from within the color, insinuating itself among the stratifications and igniting gentle contrasts that confer three-dimensionality to the composition. There is no explicit narrative, but a silent tension, a perceptual threshold that suggests interior spaces more than concrete landscapes. The work thus takes shape as a contemplative fragment, a window onto a suspended time, where gesture and reflection coexist in an essential balance.