Otoño 2
Artist: Rosana Auqué
Year: 2020
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 100 x 100 cm
Price: USD $7,000
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Otoño 2 – Autumn as a Living Memory
Otoño 2 is not merely a representation of a season. It is a suspended atmosphere — a visual meditation on time, transformation, and the quiet magnificence of nature in transition.
Painted in 2020, this oil on canvas (100 x 100 cm) captures a deeply personal vision inspired by a window in Italy — a window almost entirely covered by climbing plants, where the wall disappears beneath organic growth. That view has long fascinated me. It remains one of my most beloved images of autumn: abundant, luminous, and emotionally still.
In Otoño 2, the season becomes a state of contemplation.
The Italian Window That Inspired the Painting
A Wall Covered by Plants
There are certain landscapes that never leave us. The window that inspired this painting is one of them.
Located in Italy, the wall around it was overtaken by vegetation. Leaves, branches, and natural textures covered the surface completely, transforming architecture into living matter. The boundary between structure and growth dissolved.
This visual memory became the emotional foundation of Otoño 2.
Autumn, in that place, does not feel like decline. It feels like fullness.
Autumn as a Season of Revelation
Autumn has always been one of my favorite seasons. It is the time when leaves turn into flowers — not literally, but visually. Colors intensify. Greens surrender to gold, amber, copper, and crimson. Light softens. Silence deepens.
In this painting, autumn is not represented as loss, but as transformation.
Each brushstroke suggests that change can be radiant.
Oil on Canvas – Texture and Depth
Otoño 2 was created using oil on canvas, allowing for layered textures and a sense of depth that mirrors the density of foliage covering the imagined wall.
The square format (100 x 100 cm) reinforces the idea of a contained yet expansive moment. It functions almost like a window itself — an opening into a specific place and memory.
The surface of the painting invites proximity. It is not only to be seen from afar, but approached. The viewer can discover subtle tonal variations, overlapping strokes, and chromatic transitions that echo the complexity of nature in autumn.
A Frozen Moment in Time
The subtitle of the work could be: a frozen moment of autumn in time.
But the painting does not freeze nature in rigidity. Instead, it suspends movement. It holds the instant before leaves fall. The instant when transformation is complete but disappearance has not yet begun.
This tension between permanence and impermanence is central to the work.
Otoño 2 becomes a meditation on cycles — on the beauty that exists precisely because it will change.
Conceptual Themes in Otoño 2
Nature reclaiming architecture
The poetic transformation of matter
Autumn as emotional landscape
Memory embedded in place
Stillness within abundance
Rather than depicting a literal scene, the painting reconstructs an experience. It translates a personal visual memory into a universal meditation on time and beauty.
Frequently Asked Questions
What inspired Otoño 2?
The painting was inspired by a window in Italy where climbing plants covered an entire wall. The image became a long-lasting visual memory and a symbol of autumn as fullness rather than decline.
What does Otoño 2 represent?
It represents autumn as transformation, abundance, and suspended time. It explores the poetic moment when nature reveals its maximum intensity before change occurs.
What technique was used?
The work was created using oil on canvas, allowing layered textures and chromatic depth.
Is Otoño 2 part of a series?
Otoño 2 relates conceptually to Rosana Auqué’s ongoing exploration of nature, emotion, and transitional states.
