30x30 cm.
Acrylic on 100% cotton canvas board
Milan, Italy, 2022
 
Unique original abstract geometric work, entirely hand-painted in acrylic on high-quality 100% cotton canvas board.
 
In this painting, Laura Rota evokes a stratification of memory through colour. The palette recalls the mineral pigments of prehistoric cave paintings, the dense, vibrant reds of Pompeii, and the solemn chromatic depth of Italian Renaissance art. These are ancient tones — warm, resonant, and symbolically charged.
 
Imperial purples converse with luminous, sunlit oranges, generating an intense yet measured chromatic tension. The golden element, a distinctive feature of Rota’s practice, illuminates and enriches the surface like an echo of ancient iconographies in which gold is not ornament but light — metaphysical, spiritual, absolute.
 
Modest in scale yet strong in presence, the work conveys refinement and quiet authority. The calibrated geometry, rendered in flat, precise brushwork without masking, affirms a practice grounded in discipline and harmony. Colour becomes both memory and energy, capable of bringing warmth, depth and cultivated elegance into interior spaces.