Sandro Bastioli. Hyperrealistic pastel painting: moka, coffee and cups on a white tablecloth. Poetic celebration of an everyday Italian ritual.
Original Painting

The Ritual

Pastel · 50 x 70 cm

Available
Year
2026
Price
On Request
The Artwork

The Ritual.

A universal ritual crystallizes in the elegance of a pause. A moka coffee pot, small cups, and scattered fragments settle upon a pristine tablecloth. The pastel stroke restores the geometric solidity of the coffee maker and the delicacy of the ceramics, enveloping the scene in an intimate and suspended atmosphere.

The painting celebrates a temporal fragment that unites millions of lives: the wait for coffee, the warmth of the morning, or the comfort of the afternoon. The details scattered upon the tablecloth add a sense of lived and imperfect life, transforming a custom into a composition of poignant emotional beauty.

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The artist's voice

"There is a special time that is measured only in drops. To linger on this ritual is to halt the instant in which the world, for a moment, puts itself on hold."

Sandro Bastioli

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