Three Springs

This is a painting that explores the emotional intimacy of the artist, who has always been particularly sensitive to natural cycles and the succession of the seasons. Spring symbolizes the return to life: throughout history, great masters in every art form have presented grandiose portraits and interpretations of it, aimed at celebrating the rebirth of Nature, the return to light and life. It is no coincidence that very often these iconographies proposed the figure of a young woman, in the prime of her life and beauty, to represent the personification of Spring. The artist’s personal experience, however, has led her to have a very ambivalent feeling towards this particular time of year: nature resumes its course, the snow becomes increasingly heavier, transparent, wet, until the underlying ground emerges and the first timid hints of grass make their way into an increasingly crowded constellation of whitish patches destined to succumb to the heat of the sun and free what the snow had covered in winter. For many years, this moment marked the end of an opportunity, another winter to collect among the memories of a little girl who in skiing as a team sport and a moment of closeness to the mountains placed much of her sensitivity, her enthusiasm and her vital energy. As the years passed and the competitions ended, this feeling of poignant melancholy in contrast with the desire to move forward has not changed: after more than 15 years, every spring the past and present merge, bringing back to the memory and heart the emotions and memories of that little girl, then a girl and finally a young woman who searched in the mountains for answers about herself and her place in the world.