Look How the Moon Steps on the White Lonely Hills (from the Autumn series) 

Editor: This artwork, titled "Look How the Moon Steps on the White Lonely Hills" by Vasile Dobrian, appears to be an acrylic paint print. The pastel colors create such a gentle, almost dreamlike feeling. What visual language speaks to you in this piece? Curator: The work intrigues me because it layers several symbolic registers. On the surface, we see a flattened, almost cartoonish landscape contained within the shape of a leaf, maybe a spade, if one reads it from playing cards imagery, evoking luck or fortune. Now, consider the moon: cultures worldwide have long associated the moon with femininity, cycles, and the subconscious. What about these “lonely hills"? What do you associate that imagery with? Editor: Hmm, maybe a sense of isolation, or perhaps the end of something. Like, as the title suggests, a sense of encroaching quietude… Curator: Precisely! Then, consider the colors: soft, muted. These contribute to that quiet mood. Do you feel any tension in it, perhaps through its geometry? It's like a simplified landscape, hinting at something familiar, while simultaneously receding from it. It’s not a straightforward image. It makes one recall emotional connection through memory. Editor: I see what you mean. The colors almost soften the geometry, while the simple forms give way to those underlying cultural themes and quiet narrative. Curator: It seems that Dobrian is trying to hint to visual archetypes; how something elemental like the moon rising above the hills is actually a deeply rooted narrative we subconsciously feel. Editor: That’s fascinating. I definitely see it differently now – I never would have considered the depth of symbolism on my own. Curator: It's often through recognizing these repeating visual cues, these motifs, that we uncover layers of cultural and personal meaning in art. Editor: Well, thank you so much. It has definitely given me a fresh perspective on decoding artwork.