Featured Paintings
Calm – that is what this painting represents. Our life today is filled with noise – incessant and loud. It overwhelms us, often without our realising, and it tends to subsume us before we have a chance to fight back. Silence – that is what many of us crave. That is what this painting provides.
The spotless and pure Mediterranean sky expands forever, far above the divine beauty of the Mediterranean Sea. The flag, proud and tall, blows in the gentle wind as wavelets crash onto the pebbled beach. The noise? A distant memory. The silence and calm? A new symphony.
Unpredictable – that is life. Scary? Maybe. But, also, it is wholesome and beautiful. Life is, in my experience, an exercise of hope and faith. One is never certain where life will lead – one plans and one dreams, but one must – to a degree – pray! That is what this painting represents.
A hope. A prayer. The vagaries of life are innumerable – they can bring us to our lowest of lows and our highest of highs. All its twists and turns are what make life worth living. That is what this painting is – a life worth living.
On the surface? A chaotic tranquillity. Waves crash over each other, lapping at the shore with a regular irregularity. But a little deeper? Under the surface? A strength that lies in wait. It does not draw attention to itself, but lends itself to the drama above silently.
The palette I have chosen here is a cool one – but it is, like the sea, layered. You will find chaos and a regal strength all at once and all together.
What is a box? A square? That is the question I asked and answered. It is something made to fit. Until the lid is closed, a box is… not a box. Whatever goes inside it must fit. It must be square. It must be to form – even if, for it to fit and to be made square and to be to form, it must be broken and bent.
Squares are boring, I thought. So, I made them dance. I made them express themselves. I think it makes them feel happier – gayer. Don’t you?
Cinzania Rodrigues 