Perrot, Mother's Bliss 2018

Cristiano Tassinari painted ‘Perrot, Mother's Bliss’, which is 70 by 50 cm. The background is grey. A green, red, and white bird sits on a perch. I can see the artist going back and forth, layering the paint, searching for the right form, that perfect balance between representation and abstraction. I'm thinking about the texture of the bird's feathers, the way the colors blend and contrast, and the feeling of capturing a fleeting moment. It's like Tassinari is in conversation with other painters, like maybe Philip Guston, or maybe he’s riffing off some old master. The whole painting feels like a question – what does it mean to capture a thing, a bird, a feeling, on canvas? The way he leaves some parts unfinished, raw, makes it more alive, more like a real experience. It reminds us that paintings are never really finished, just moments in an ongoing exchange of ideas.