THE BRUSH

The Painting

The Brush: a ‘real evidence’ of an evoking story, in which the viewer is guided into a creative process of imagining the true final art work, the missing painting.

The Painting

“This is the brush of a friend of mine. He used this brush to paint a beautiful picture; it was simple, yet full of life. In the background, there was the sea merging into the vast sky: blue, white and grey described the movements of the waves, with that of the clouds.

It was magnificent in all its simplicity. But there was an element that was able to hypnotize your staring eyes: a little joyful girl, playing with a red balloon. Even though she was painted so small, she seemed alive, and you could almost hear her laugh, accompanied by the calming music of the sea.

It was a beautiful painting; everyone wanted it! So much so, that one day, unfortunately, someone broke into my friend’s flat and had the same reaction that all the people that looked at it used to have: a great desire to take it, just to be able to gaze at it every morning and every night, to enjoy the oneiric moment that it suggested.

So, together with other things, the painting was gone. What a shame! At least my friend still had the brush that helped him to create it, that now he has no more though…”