Verticalities (Triptych)

Medium: Mixed media / Oil and matter on canvas — 3 panels, 110 × 40 cm each — 2026

Verticalities emerges from rigorous research into geometry and color, grounded in direct botanical observation of the poet’s eye flower (Thunbergia alata). Studying its inner throat up close, Linda Barnini discovered a black and violet cone crossed by fine luminous striations: more than an organic detail, she perceived a threshold and a visual direction. In this triptych, the figurative form of the floral pentagon disappears completely, giving way to a pictorial transposition in which only its energetic and structural essence survives.

Across three panels in dynamic dialogue, the work brings together vibrant fields of orange and ochre that condense the vitality of the petals, held in tension by fine dark lines that act as signals or a landing strip for the eye. While the third panel forcefully abstracts the depth of the central cone, the first two fragment those trajectories across textured surfaces, giving the whole an architectural presence, ideal for feature walls in corporate spaces and contemporary collections.