City Windows 

O. Louis Guglielmi's "City Windows" presents a structured yet whimsical composition, likely painted mid-century. The artwork, divided by a bold red grid, offers a fragmented view where domestic interiors meet urban exteriors. Flat planes of colour, from muted greens to vibrant blues, create a patchwork effect, while geometric shapes, like triangles and rectangles, define buildings and objects with an almost childlike simplicity. The painting's strength lies in its structural play. The grid doesn't just divide, it also connects disparate elements, creating a dialogue between the interior still life and the exterior cityscape. We see tulips in a vase juxtaposed against abstract representations of urban architecture. This deliberate flattening and re-arrangement of space challenge traditional perspective. Ultimately, “City Windows” is an exercise in semiotic reduction. Guglielmi reduces the visual world to a set of signs, inviting us to decode the relationships between the domestic and the urban, the natural and the constructed. By simplifying form, the painting opens itself to multiple interpretations.