Michela Fabeni Art Gallery – The Circle of Life | Smussato Bas-Relief in Gold Leaf on Canvas
- michelafabeni

- Jan 3
- 1 min read

Light and matter meet in an essential gesture, shaping time, memory, and the breath of existence.
The Circle of Life emerges as a sacred space of listening, a visual threshold where matter vibrates and receives.
The Smussato bas-relief, hand-shaped, rises from a 90 cm canvas, wrapped in gold leaf that captures light and returns it as a living presence.
The raw off-white background is not emptiness: it is fertile silence, a place of origin, a skin that holds the trace.
Each circle is an invitation to reconnect with who we are, with the deep rhythm that flows through us and binds us to the universe.
It does not limit, it contains.
It does not close, it protects.
This work does not ask to be understood, but to be felt.
It is a point of balance between matter and spirit, between the visible and the invisible.
Step closer to the circle. Let the light pass through you and recognize your place in the breath of the universe. www.michelafabeniart.com
A golden circle holding time, memory, and breath. michelafabeni@libero.it
Discover the artwork and let its light flow through you.@michelafabeniart
Within the circle there is no beginning and no end.
Only presence, light, and listening.
Read my post on the creative process of my circle of life and continue the journey through light and matter, where every surface reveals a passage, every relief holds a breath, and every fragment guides you beyond form.
Michela Fabeni
Artist of the third Millennium
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