In the works of the Flora series, Anita Bortolotti evokes her childhood living in the countryside, in a connection with nature and the earth that... Read more

nurtured her imagination. This is not, however, a mere reproduction of reality: these illustrations tend to abstract and extract: an abstraction of forms and colors from which to distill the regenerating power of nature itself. What characterizes these works are the soft strokes that give rise to naïve art in the noblest sense of the term. In their aesthetic purity, some of the illustrations in the Flora series convey a feeling of stillness, while others infuse energy and vitality, in a crescendo that ranges from muted to saturated hues. Close