U PAGGHJÈRE
"A hayloft trullo in the Martina Franca dialect, a symbol of the rural world from times past"
The artwork "U PAGGHJÈRE" is a deeply moving tribute to the roots and landscape of Puglia, commissioned to immortalize a symbol of the rural world of the past. Belonging to the Commissioned Works line, the painting excels at capturing the dignity and simplicity of traditional dry-stone architecture. The sturdy structure of the "haystack" is rendered with meticulous pictorial detail, emphasizing its material texture. The subject is set within an idyllic and vibrant landscape: the foreground is dominated by lush summer vegetation with red poppies and wild flowers, under a sky of intense blue that contrasts with the dark earth in the background. The use of saturated colors and the classic composition give the work a realistic and emotional quality, transforming a simple rural building into a powerful icon of memory and tradition.
