Between Sky and Sea
Painting of mermaids by Silvia Salvadori.
Sea painted.
The Siren recalls and evokes fantasies, dreams and memories that have always been in us. The sirens emerge in the thoughts as iconic images of an imaginary tale never dormant.
They awaken deep feelings of freedom, beauty, mystery and love.
The sea in Silvia Salvadori's painting becomes a symbol of life and even death, while the water element becomes a metaphor for the unconscious and a lunar femininity intimately connected with water.
Egg yolk tempera on a pure gold ground. At the bottom: real shells set in and painted with 23 - Carat pure gold powder.
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The dominant color of the blue of infinity associated with the sky and the sea becomes the highest representation of the Divine, of transcendence and of the spirit. In medieval iconography it was often combined with gold to represent the Light itself. The celestial symbolism of the blue color is directly connected to an ascending and vertical thought. On this "height of thought" the three sirens form a triad, where the siren in the center rushes upwards kissing the sky, home of all ideas. Finally, as in an eternal passage from darkness to light, Silvia Salvadori's painting becomes a real journey into the depths of the psyche. The shell represents the moon and the hope of rebirth after death.
