In Primo giorno d’autunno depicts the moment when change is no longer resisted, but absorbed. The figure emerges from the roots of a tree, merging body and nature into a single form.

The clock embedded at the base of the trunk anchors the scene in time, yet it is partially consumed by the roots, suggesting that time is not simply passing — it is being overtaken. Growth does not follow the clock; it outlives it.

With closed eyes and raised arms, the figure does not confront transformation but accepts it. The falling leaves mark the beginning of a cycle rather than an ending.

Executed with a classical figurative technique and careful attention to light and anatomy, the work combines traditional painting with a contemporary reflection on identity, time, and renewal.

Autumn here is not a season alone, but a state of being: the moment when change becomes part of who we are.