Anna Barone - NADIR & ZENIT - DIPTYCH - TWO 40X40 CM CANVASES

Nadir & Zenit - Diptych

Abstract diptych belonging to the series “Suspended Horizons,” by Anna Barone.

Nadir and Zenith is a evocative diptych that probes the deep poetic tension between light and shadow, presence and evanescence. The work consists of two mirror-like and complementary panels:
Nadir (Left Panel): A deep, textural, enveloping composition, dominated by shades of black and midnight blue, pierced by precious golden flashes. It represents the lowest point, the inner darkness from which the first spark of hope germinates.
Zenith (Right Panel): An explosion of ethereal light in tones of ocher, turquoise, and powder blue. It represents the culmination of the celestial vault, the regained clarity and the airy dimension of matter.
Technique: acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Dimensions: 40 × 40 cm each panel, 40x80 in total (Overall size variable depending on installation).

The two canvases can be displayed together as a diptych or separately.

Concept Series "Suspended Horizons"

This work belongs to my painting journey dedicated to the "Suspended Horizons," a research born from the encounter between water and intuition. In these canvases, fluid matter builds interior 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 stratifications, transparencies, and sparse color fields, evoking silence, waiting, 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 a work in progress, open to gestural and formal variations, faithful to a poetics of the unspoken and of the threshold.

Artist Statement

My work explores the fluid nature of water and its capacity to generate forms, 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 piece is an invitation to slow down, to get lost, to “breathe with the eyes.” I let the water guide the process, welcoming imperfections and ephemeral traces as fragments of truth.

Welcome to my dreams on canvas.

Additional information:

Original work hand-signed on the front and/or back
Protected with anti-yellowing varnish.
Certificate of authenticity included
Conditions: excellent
Safe and tracked shipping.
Professional packaging in a cardboard box.
The canvases have painted edges, 2 cm thick, already stretched on a frame and ready to hang.

N.B.
Original colors may differ slightly from the photos due to screen settings.
The staged photos are simulations that do not always faithfully reflect the real dimensions of the work, therefore please rely on the measurements listed in the description.

Provenance

Directly from the artist
Italy

Anna Barone (Nanako)
Year 2000 Diploma of Master of Art
Year 2002 Diploma in Advertising Graphic Design and Photography
Years 2020+ Exhibitions and sales in Naples and Rome
Collaboration with Galleria Barattolo Roma ongoing