Connection

Artist: Rosana Auqué
Year: 2022
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 170 x 60 cm
Price: USD $7,000

Connection – Acrylic on Canvas, 2022

Connection is a vertical acrylic on canvas painting created in 2022, measuring 1.70 x 60 cm. Its elongated format immediately suggests movement — a rising rhythm, a current that flows upward rather than outward. The composition feels alive, almost breathing, as if the surface were responding to an invisible pulse.

This work belongs to the Connection exhibition presented in my hometown, Santa Marta. Returning there was more than a geographic movement; it was an emotional and spiritual return. Painting this piece became a way of reconnecting with my origins, with the landscape that shaped me, and with the people whose presence continues to live inside my work.

In this painting, connection is not described — it is experienced. The forms intertwine without boundaries, suggesting that separation is only apparent. Color becomes a language of continuity, and movement becomes the evidence of something shared.

The Origin of the Idea – From Milan to Santa Marta

The first impulse for this series did not begin in silence. It began at a party in Milan. In the middle of music, voices, and movement, I suddenly started to see waves in my mind — soft, overlapping currents that felt both intimate and universal. They were not literal waves, but emotional ones: patterns of energy moving between people.

That vision stayed with me. At first, it seemed abstract, almost fleeting. But gradually it revealed itself as something essential. I understood that what I was seeing was not chaos — it was connection. The invisible threads that link us to one another, even when we believe we are separate.

When I later returned to Santa Marta, everything made sense. The waves I had seen in Milan found their ground in my roots. The series was born from that realization: we are all connected, not only socially or emotionally, but cosmically. We are part of the same universe, moving within the same field of energy.

Movement as a Visual Language

In Connection, movement is the central structure. The vertical dimension enhances the sensation of ascension, like a column of air or a tide rising from the earth toward the sky. The brushstrokes are intentional yet fluid, allowing the paint to retain spontaneity while maintaining coherence.

Acrylic, as a medium, allows for this duality. It dries quickly, demanding clarity of gesture, yet it permits layering and transparency. This balance reflects the idea behind the work: individuality within unity.

The composition does not impose a fixed narrative. Instead, it invites the viewer to perceive rhythm — to feel how forms lean toward one another, how colors merge and separate, how the eye travels continuously without interruption. The painting becomes a visual metaphor for relational existence.

Returning to the Roots

Exhibiting the Connection series in Santa Marta was a deeply personal experience. It was a beautiful exercise of coming back — not only to a place, but to memory. To paint one’s roots is to recognize that identity is not static; it is layered, dynamic, shaped by movement across countries and cultures.

As an Italo-Colombian artist working between continents, I often navigate multiple realities. This painting acknowledges that complexity without conflict. It suggests that distance does not dissolve belonging. Instead, it expands it.

Connection, in this sense, is not sentimental. It is structural. It is the foundation upon which everything else is built.

Connection and the Contemporary Viewer

In a world increasingly fragmented by speed and digital distance, the idea of connection takes on renewed urgency. This painting does not offer a solution; it offers awareness. It reminds us that even in moments of isolation, we are part of something larger.

The vertical flow can be interpreted as energy, as memory, as spiritual alignment, or simply as movement. Each viewer completes the work through their own perception. That openness is intentional.

Connection stands as a reflection on interdependence — between people, between cities, between past and present, between body and cosmos.

Artwork Details

Title: Connection

Year: 2022

Medium: Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 1.70 x 60 cm

Series: Connection

Exhibition: Santa Marta, Colombia

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