Primavera 

Margareta Sterian conjures the season of rebirth in her painting, Primavera. Observe the figures scattered through the composition, seemingly dancing on a windy spring day. Notice the basket of fruit, an ancient symbol of abundance and fertility, echoing motifs found in Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruitful abundance. The dancers evoke the playful spirit of the nymphs, the divine spirits of nature. Consider Botticelli’s ‘Primavera’, painted during the Florentine Renaissance, which captured a similar atmosphere of movement and freedom. Such representations go back to the earliest Dionysian rituals and celebrations of the Greek goddess Demeter, reflecting a deep, subconscious yearning for renewal and the cyclical rhythms of nature. They remind us of the primal connection between humanity and the earth, a connection that transcends time and place. Sterian's painting is a testament to the enduring power of these archetypal images.