Salvatore Vessella (born 1961, Basaluzzo Italia).

“My painterly research is based on the observation of the landscape, but is not limited to its depiction. For me, the landscape is a starting point for exploring the light, material, and emotions that a given place can evoke. Through painting, I attempt to transform what I see into a more personal and intimate perception. Reality is gradually simplified, destroyed, and recreated through backgrounds, signs, and layers of color, until it becomes a space between figurative and abstract art. I am particularly interested in moments of transition: the light before a storm, the horizon that simultaneously divides and unites sky and earth, the silence of the landscape, variations in matter. These are concrete elements that also become metaphors for interior space. In my works, color not only serves a descriptive function but also becomes matter and emotion. The surface of the land retains gesture, overlap, and traces of the painting process, because I believe it is important to leave visible the dialogue between the artist and the work. I paint to find a balance between what belongs to perception. Therefore, my landscape is not simply a place for observation, but a place for inner journey. My painting is a continuous exploration of light, matter, and silence: a way to momentarily stop what is constantly changing before our eyes.”