36 in. (91.4 cm) x 24 in. (61 cm) x 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Anthony Pontrello (Italo-American, b. 1950)
Organic Ambiguity
24 x 36 x 1 in. (60.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm)
mixed media on canvas
signed, In verso “A. Pontrello 2025”
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“This painting emerged from my desire to explore the fragile architecture of transformation—how something ephemeral can still carry weight, how memory can bloom even as it fades. I was drawn to the interplay of form and dissolution, building a vertical rhythm from layered gestures that felt both botanical and skeletal, rooted and unraveling.
The muted greys and veils of color suggest atmosphere more than space—an interior weather. The crimson and rust tones pulse
like embers beneath ash, hinting at a life once burning brightly, now held in quiet tension. I approached the surface as a kind
of palimpsest, where remnants of earlier marks continue to speak beneath the skin of paint. This work holds the residue of
breath, blossom, and erosion—a visual meditation on impermanence and the quiet persistence of beauty within it.” ~AP
NOTE: In art and design, a piece that embodies “organic ambiguity” might blend form and abstraction, where the boundaries between figure and environment are porous. You don’t quite know what you’re looking at, but it feels true. The ambiguity is not meant to deceive, but to invite interpretation.
Anthony Pontrello (Italo-American, b. 1950)
Organic Ambiguity
24 x 36 x 1 in. (60.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm)
mixed media on canvas
signed, In verso “A. Pontrello 2025”
INQUIRE
“This painting emerged from my desire to explore the fragile architecture of transformation—how something ephemeral can still carry weight, how memory can bloom even as it fades. I was drawn to the interplay of form and dissolution, building a vertical rhythm from layered gestures that felt both botanical and skeletal, rooted and unraveling.
The muted greys and veils of color suggest atmosphere more than space—an interior weather. The crimson and rust tones pulse
like embers beneath ash, hinting at a life once burning brightly, now held in quiet tension. I approached the surface as a kind
of palimpsest, where remnants of earlier marks continue to speak beneath the skin of paint. This work holds the residue of
breath, blossom, and erosion—a visual meditation on impermanence and the quiet persistence of beauty within it.” ~AP
NOTE: In art and design, a piece that embodies “organic ambiguity” might blend form and abstraction, where the boundaries between figure and environment are porous. You don’t quite know what you’re looking at, but it feels true. The ambiguity is not meant to deceive, but to invite interpretation.