Tropical Road
Oil pastels on paper, signed and varnished
35 × 25 cm (framed)
By Laura Bernardeschi Nelson
In Tropical Road, Laura Bernardeschi Nelson invites the viewer into a landscape where memory and imagination meet. A narrow road winds gently toward a distant villa, disappearing into the warmth of the horizon. The scene evokes a corner of South America — a place where mountain silhouettes rise against a luminous sky, and tropical plants grow alongside slender cypresses, their contrasting forms reflecting a harmony of opposites.
Rendered in vibrant oil pastels, the work reveals the artist’s fascination with light and atmosphere. Each mark carries the tactile energy of the medium, translating the vividness of tropical color into texture and rhythm. The varnish enhances the depth and saturation of the tones, preserving the freshness of the pigments and emphasizing the interplay of shadow and brightness.
Beyond the visual narrative, Tropical Road speaks of passage — a journey both physical and emotional. The viewer is drawn along the road not just toward the villa, but into a sense of longing and discovery. It is a landscape that exists somewhere between reality and reverie, between the familiar and the faraway.
Framed and ready to hang, this signed original painting embodies the artist’s characteristic balance between structure and spontaneity, offering an intimate yet expansive view of nature and memory intertwined.
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