L. Cotti (1987) - Il borgo oltre il mare

Artist: L. Cotti
Title: The Village Beyond the Sea
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30 x 60 cm

In this oil on canvas work, Lorenzo Cotti builds a landscape suspended between reality and imagination, where the essential architecture of the houses harmonizes with the softness of the hills and the endless quiet of the sea. The composition develops in a refined balance of geometric lines and wavy shapes, creating a visual narrative that guides the gaze through a small ideal world, immersed in a timeless dimension.
The houses, characterized by simple volumes and defined contours, emerge as organizing elements of space. The bright tones of blue, aqua green, and white give the whole a sense of serenity and lightness, while the hill patterns and the mountains in the background, painted in delicate lilac and pink hues, introduce a poetic and dreamy note. The sea, motionless and crystal-clear, stretches to the horizon beneath a serene sky dominated by a large full moon that spreads a uniform and reassuring light.
The artist deftly orchestrates the chromatic contrasts between the bright greens of the fields, dotted with yellow touches that evoke spontaneous blossoms, and the cool tones of the architectures and sea waters. This dialogue of colors amplifies the depth of the scene and gives vitality to the entire composition, while preserving a contemplative atmosphere.
The fragmented perspective and the continual changes of plane give the painting a nearly fairy-tale quality, transforming the landscape into a place of the soul rather than a clearly defined geographic space. Each element seems to belong to a perfect and harmonious order, where nature and human presence coexist in absolute balance.
The work conveys a sense of peace, silence, and positive nostalgia, inviting the viewer to lose themselves among the invisible lanes of the village and to imagine stories hidden behind the colored façades. A piece that effectively synthesizes Lorenzo Cotti’s stylistic language, characterized by formal simplicity, chromatic intensity, and a strong evocative power.