Giorgia Spanu - "Il varco è qui" olio su tela

• Support and Materials: Gallery-style canvas, painted with fine Maimeri oil paints applied using a textured palette-knife technique.
• Certificate of Authenticity: Both works are invariably accompanied by their respective official Certificate of Authenticity (COA), signed by the artist Giorgia Spanu, guaranteeing their complete originality and provenance.

Giorgia Spanu – “The Opening Is Here” (Cuttlefish Bones Series) – 70x70 cm – Textured 3D oil on canvas

Description of the Artwork

Lot: Unique original work of art
Artist: Giorgia Spanu
Title: The Opening Is Here
Year: 2026
Technique: Oil on canvas with thick impasto texture
Dimensions: 70 x 70 cm (Winsor stretcher depth: 3D / Gallery)
Condition: Excellent, directly from the artist’s studio
Signature: Hand-signed by the artist on the back / front
Critical Presentation of the Artwork

A magnificent oil painting on canvas by the artist Giorgia Spanu, belonging to a series inspired by Eugenio Montale’s celebrated poetry collection “Cuttlefish Bones.”
The work stands out for its exceptional textural quality: the fury of the sea and the foam of the wave breaking in the foreground are rendered in thick, dynamic swathes of color, lending the canvas a three-dimensional quality and powerful visual impact. At the center of the liquid chaos rises a stone lighthouse, solid and unshaken.
The true emotional focal point of the work is the extraordinary beam of yellow light cutting diagonally across the dark sky. This visual detail perfectly embodies Montale’s concept of the “opening”: the broken link in the fabric of existence, the breach through which light defeats the darkness of the storm, offering a way out, a revelation, or profound hope.
The square format (70x70 cm) perfectly balances the painting’s opposing forces, concentrating its dynamic energy toward the center. The deep-profile Winsor canvas (3D) gives the work an almost sculptural physicality; the edges are painted to continue the subject, making the work ready to hang even without a frame.
A work of powerful emotional impact and refined conceptual exploration, ideal for collectors of contemporary art and lovers of richly textured, evocative seascapes.