About the work

Poet’s Eye Abstraction I

Medium: Oil on wood panel — 40 x 30 cm

This work distills the botanical research on the poet’s eye flower (Thunbergia alata), stripping away its pentagonal geometry to keep only its chromatic vibration and functional structure. Through close, direct observation, Linda Barnini turns the flower’s dark throat into a forceful vertical axis: a landing strip or architectural threshold flanked by white bands, inspired by the subtle flashes of light that surround the center of the species and only become visible up close.

Executed in oil on a 30 x 40 cm wood panel, the piece stands out for the material intensity of its orange fields, built up in overlapping layers and fine vertical incisions that add rhythm and tactile depth. At the center, the contrast between the density of the dark violet and the luminosity of the white creates a vibrant optical tension, bringing warmth, strength, and contemporary sophistication to private collections or architectural spaces.