Pod italským sluncem (Under the Italian Sun)

Description

“Under the Italian Sun” from the series “Italian Diary.”

A striking green and cream-colored sail, light and warm tones. The painting has a distinctly Mediterranean feel and captures the atmosphere of a hot summer day.

“Italian Diary” is a series of summer painting studies created during the artist’s stay in Italy. They are a personal record of moments when the sea, sun, wind, and the distinctive atmosphere of the Italian coast come together.

Her inspiration came primarily from the sea, the changing light, sailboats, lemons, and the intense colors of the Mediterranean landscape.

The artist captures not only specific motifs but, above all, their mood and her own experience—the moment when the image of reality begins to dissolve into color, light, and memory.

The uniqueness of the series also lies in the way it was created. The studies were painted directly on the beach, in immediate contact with the landscape, rather than in a studio. Seawater was also used during the creative process, thus becoming an integral part of each work and symbolically imbuing them with the actual place of their creation.

The paintings are executed on natural canvas, whose texture and natural hue remain deliberately exposed in some areas. These uncovered areas are not a sign of incompleteness; on the contrary, they emphasize the character of painterly studies created directly in nature, where the image is not separated from its surroundings. The natural canvas becomes another layer of expression, evoking sand, stone, a sun-warmed landscape, and the rawness of the moment.

“Italian Diary” is thus not a traditional pictorial record of the Italian coast. It is a visual diary of feelings—fragments of summer, the sea, and light captured right where they were created. Each sketch carries not only an image of Italy but also a trace of a specific moment, landscape, and sea.