© Alex Francesco Gimbolo

La Diva

2001 Oil on canvas 18/ 24" $5,100US

Description

La Diva, means in Italian, “The Goddess” and refers to Gaia, the model of womankind and of the living earth, idealized in ancient Roman culture. The artist has selected colors and contours to express the great Mother Nature and spirit of life. As with all of Gimbolo paintings, there is nothing dismissively obvious and simple here. Earth tones suggest the earth and our physical selves, with golden moonbeam and vibrant blue atmospheric hues in a triadic composition surrounding a curious orange-red triangle in the center. Again, the artist usually includes mathematical components in nearly all of his paintings for those able to discern them. This painting echoes the law of the triangle and the golden mean implanted within it to express the inherent nature of the universe and existence for example.