"The place in this painting exists only in the imagination; it has no real point of inspiration, but draws its sap from the spirit. When I created this painting, I did not think of autumn as a theme per se, but I was overwhelmed by an intense curiosity and by exuberant, profound states: what would it be like to live in the country, in a rural environment, completely foreign to me?
What would a life anchored in the past be like, in a place where nature pulsates in man, and man is part of it? What would evenings be like, in the rhythm of the seasons, but especially autumns, with their magic, enveloped by the song of the wind, by the leaves that lie on the ground, by the flutter of birds that leave for warmer lands? What would the fresh scent of autumn rains be like, the sunsets that burn in a clear, unpolluted sky, a life between heaven and earth, in the heart of nature?
What would nights be like under the vault of stars, under moonlight, listening to the murmur of nocturnal creatures, in an almost mystical silence? These are thoughts that cross my mind, unknown yet, but felt like a secret longing for something that I may have never experienced, but that calls me magnetically.
I only know vaguely about this entire fascinating universe, through Romanian literature and the childhood stories of friends who had grandparents in the countryside. I perceive it simply, but profoundly in this simplicity – romantic, bohemian, full of vibration, meaning and, above all, life.
I am about to leave Bucharest, my hometown. This time, not for a professional project nor to replace it with the great capitals of the world, but to escape from this noisy chaos, from an anarchy where more and more often you only encounter soulless carcasses or empty spirits...
I don't know if the rural paradise I imagine still really exists today or if it looks like I have rendered it in this painting and in the description that will accompany the work Autumn Evening. I don't even know if a sunset in the countryside looks like I have painted or described it, but I transposed it from a state of mind, from an inner vision – an ideal of the place where I would like to be, a place for which I would give up even the capital where I was born, at any time and for good.
This painting is the twilight of a day, the twilight of a natural cycle – a moment suspended between the end and the beginning. It is the season of ripening, of the fruit that is given to the world, but also of the seed that falls into the silence of the earth, carrying within it the promise of rebirth.
The land is bathed in fiery sunsets, and the sky seems to burn in a frenetic waltz of colors – a sublime allegory in which the gold of the fallen leaves intertwines with the ruby of the sky. A world between dream and reality, where nature falls apart and is rebuilt with every blink.
In the depths of this autumn evening, the village holds its breath. The white houses, lost among the evening shadows, seem silent witnesses of a season that sings its own elegy. The earth itself seems touched by the nostalgia of bygone times, and the path that gets lost in the distance is a road that leads not to a specific place, but to memories, to unspoken longings.
The waters mirror a troubled sky, a picture of emotions torn between melancholy and passion. Everything is ephemeral, and yet, in this suspended moment, autumn becomes eternal. It is an evening in which the sun scatters its last sparks over the world, before plunging into oblivion.
Like an echo of Dionysian thought, the painting captures that inner burning of nature and the soul, that intense experience that combines the tragic with the ecstasy. The sky seems consumed by its own conflagration, a sublime chaos where the sunset embraces the night, and the white houses, lost among the shadows of the evening, remain silent witnesses of a world that murmurs its own story.
The migrating birds carry the song of distances on their wings, and the flowers bow their heads in gratitude to the land that has nourished them. The land breathes in a melancholic andante rhythm, a music of the earth that allows itself to be absorbed in mystery. Everything is ephemeral and yet eternal, like that last ray of sunshine that remains alive in memory, long after it has sunk into oblivion.
This painting is not just a view, but a state – a journey through the whirlpools of autumn that embraces your soul, through the nostalgia of the sunset its burning beauty, through the thrill of a world that dies and whispers to you that each end carries within it the seeds of a new beginning only to be reborn.”
Mention: This artwork is a landmark piece of work created between 1999 and 2015 in the career of the painter Noktys. Appreciated both for its aesthetics and conceptual depth, as well as for its impact on the art market, the work set a sales record for a work signed by the artist.
Initially proposed at 13,500 euros, it was later purchased for 10,500 euros by a family of intellectuals and collectors from his native Transylvania. This creation, beyond the fact that it represents a mention in the author's autobiographical novel, which reflects his existence until maturity and the waves of life as an artist, also underlines the significant appreciation it has among collectors and art lovers.