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Text by Charlene Vella, Associate professor, art curator and writer, 2026
[..] Federico Severino, by contrast, constructs paintings entirely through light and colour. His works suggest rather than describe landscape, evoking Mediterranean horizons, dawn light, and atmospheric transitions through subtle tonal gradations. With their luminous surfaces and immediate visual impact, Severino’s paintings possess a strong spatial and emotional presence, making them particularly suited to most interiors and international collecting contexts. [..]
