Carlo D’anselmi

Carlo D’Anselmi depicts lovers under the light of nature and city night, as well as the flowers, birds, cats and trees that fill their surroundings. His paintings echo the footsteps of predecessors like Paul Gauguin and Henri Rousseau, who painted with a primal energy. His paintings feature warm exchanges of gaze, varied materials, and a rhythm of bold strokes and shimmering colors. Ordinary acts, such as lying down, reading a book, or making eye contact, combined with the intensity of the light falling on the body, the various shapes of shadows, and the abstract patterns interspersed throughout suggest a mysterious dreamlike story. The subtle facial expressions of figures with closed eyes, still and aware of the air, smells, light and temperature, evoke a myriad of emotions that language cannot fully describe yet clearly exist. In particular, the fundamental sense of love and solidarity that has motivated humanity to create for centuries a dynamic source of thought in his work.