Ruggero Ruggieri: The Essence of Matter between Oil Figurative and Acrylic Abstraction

Ruggero's artistic journey moves away from the pursuit of textbook perfection to embrace a narrative made of gestures and matter. His production is a constant dialogue between two distinct technical worlds. In his figurative works, the artist almost exclusively prefers oil colors, worked 90% with a palette knife. Here, the figure is never a meticulous detail, but a synthesis of volumes and lights where the thickness of the color replaces the graphic line, giving the subjects a vibrant and tangible expressive power. Conversely, his abstract soul expresses itself through the speed and versatility of acrylic color, almost always in mixed media. In these canvases, palette knives and brushes alternate in a dance that does not seek the boundary of the outline, but the depth of emotion. The influences of material painting emerge in overlapping layers and bold contrasts, where inspiration arises from the rejection of detail to give voice to creative instinct. Each of Ruggero's works is an invitation to look beyond form, to touch the substance of pictorial thought with one's eyes.