by Giovanna Galli
Unshakeable faith in the value of “dal vero” real life painting has spurred Cinzia Bevilacqua on towards the aesthetic research of two main expressive flows; portrait and still life painting. Starting from a solid background education begun in Art School with subsequent graduation from the Academy of fine Arts in Florence, this painter has accomplished a twenty year long experience record, garnered by an impressive number of significant awards. She recounts that it is from her teacher Prof. Goffredo Trovatelli that she has inherited her dedication to the use of the techniques of old together with, principally, her willingness to accept the challenge represented by photography, a challenge that, necessarily, figurative art must meet head on. Here the starting point is the acknowledgement that a painting certainly does make it possible to describe a reality that is “another” in that it does not only limit itself to the static reproduction of forms and colours but it duly enriches reality with meanings true to the maker’s inner nature. Meticulous naturalism betrothed to a rare sensitivity, infuses Bevilacqua’s work with the feeling of her relentless quest, founded on a style that is neat, clear, easy to read into, but always refined and definitely aeons away from the risk of declining into simplification and banality, a style that can only but perfect a “craft”. Too reserved and introvert to actually deal with the outings required for painting landscapes, Cinzia Bevilacqua has, as mentioned, concentrated on portraits and on still life, preferring the privacy and tranquillity of studio work. Her confident mastery of technique allows her to persevere with her favourite subjects, implementing soft and refined colour mixes that, although clearly the result of evidently meticulous meditation, allow their final outcome to nevertheless retain the lightweight airiness of creative outburst. Her productions comprise decorative trompe d’oeil technique works as well as the accomplishment of prestigious painted glass works.