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isolabellart@isolabellart.it.com
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I paint in oil. Inspired by time, silence, and light. Each work is unique and for sale in Bitcoin. โ†’ https://isolabellart.it.com Paintings notes: #isolabellart Art gallery: https://gallery.isolabellart.it.com
In 2007, a man played the violin for 45 minutes in the Washington underground. 1,097 people passed him by. Only seven stopped. He earned $32. That violinist is Joshua Bell. He is playing a $3.5 million Stradivarius. Two days earlier, he had played to a full house at a theatre in Boston. It's a social experiment by the Washington Post. The lesson is simple. Greatness does not announce itself always. Even genius goes unnoticed in the wrong place. Talent matters, but context multiplies it. If you feel ignored, perhaps the problem is not yours capacity. Perhaps it's the stage you're playing on.
Sometimes people ask me what message my paintings contain. The truth is, Iโ€™m not looking for one. I donโ€™t feel the obligation to explain something through painting. But at the same time, I donโ€™t want my work to be just decoration on a wall. What I really hope for is simpler. I hope that someone, standing in front of one of my paintings, pauses for a moment. Feels a small sense of inner calm. And maybe, without knowing why, a hint of hope. If that happens, even just for a few seconds, then the painting has already done enough.
There's a moment at the end of spring that doesn't last. The grass is still wild. The flowers grow where they want. The air smells of cut grass and something you can't name. You're close to the ground and the world opens wide behind you. That's what I painted. Not a place. A feeling. The kind of freedom that only happens once a year. image BEGINNING OF SUMMER Oil on cradled wood panel โ€” 50x40cm 750,000 sats Available here ๐Ÿ‘‰ Payment in Bitcoin โ‚ฟ or Lightning โšก Ships with tracking number. #art #artstr #isolabellart
The first time I saw this photograph, I stopped. A single tree lit by an intense yellow light, coming from somewhere above and to the left. Squeezed between the dark mass of trees behind and the fenced fields in front. No space. No way out. And yet โ€” that light. I saw a message of hope in it. I still do. I asked @Goldgraphy if I could use it. He said yes, asking nothing in return. Just wanted to support my work. That's rare between artists. So when this sells, I'm sending him 55,000 sats. Not because he asked. Because that's what reciprocity looks like. image GOLDEN WITNESS Oil on board โ€” 65x54cm 1,000,000 sats Available here ๐Ÿ‘‰ Payment in Bitcoin โ‚ฟ or Lightning โšก Ships with tracking number. #art #artstr #isolabellart
I don't know how to explain what I feel in a forest. Lost and at peace at the same time. The trees pull you in and protect you at the same time. Threat and shelter. Both true, both present. This painting isn't a specific place. It's that feeling. The one you can't name when you're walking long enough in silence. A friend on Nostr gave me the reference photo. I just tried to paint what I already knew. image THE FOREST THAT REMAINS Oil on cradle wood panel โ€” 23x30,5cm 450,000 sats Available here ๐Ÿ‘‰ Payment in Bitcoin โ‚ฟ or Lightning โšก Ships with tracking number. #art #artstr #isolabellart
There's a moment at the end of the day when everything stops. The sky can't decide if it's still light or already dark. The sea holds its breath. And those birds โ€” they're the only witnesses to what's happening inside me. I painted this to keep that moment still. image WHERE THE DAY ENDS Oil on cradle wood panel โ€” 23x30,5cm 450,000 sats Available here ๐Ÿ‘‰ Payment in Bitcoin โ‚ฟ or Lightning โšก Ships with tracking number. #art #artstr #isolabellart
image SILENCE AMONG THE CLOUDS (quartet), Oil on cradle wood panel โœ“ ORIGINAL oil painting (WITHOUT FRAME) โœ“ Size: 20x20cm each โœ“ Materials: Oil on cradle wood panel โœ“ Completed: August 23, 2025 "Silence Among the Clouds" is a quartet born to listen to the sky. Each canvas holds a fragment of time, a passage of light that turns into memory. "The Promise" opens the cycle: a gentle voice whispered by the horizon before everything begins. "The Waiting Thunder" carries the silent tension, the suspended breath of what is about to arrive. "The Fading Glow" is the lingering brightness, fragile yet persistent, a flame unwilling to yield to the dark. And finally, "The Last Ember", the dayโ€™s final spark, burning for one last instant before it disappears. Four gazes upon the same sky, four silences that intertwine. Together they tell a whole cycle, yet each painting, on its own, preserves its unique voice. ---- Your purchase will be safely packaged and protected from damages and humidity. ๐Ÿš€ SHIPPING with tracking number! Payment in: โ‚ฟitcoin๐Ÿ”— or Lightningโšก Price: 1,500,000 sats #art #artstr #isolabellart Available here ๐Ÿ‘‰
image SILENCE AMONG THE WAVES (quartet), Oil on cradle wood panel โœ“ ORIGINAL oil painting (WITHOUT FRAME) โœ“ Size: 20x20cm each โœ“ Materials: Oil on cradle wood panel โœ“ Completed: October 11, 2025 **SILENCE AMONG THE WAVES** A quartet exploring what remains beneath restless motion. Four paintings. Four moments. One question: what does silence sound like when the sea never stops moving? --- **THE FIRST SURGE** The moment when the sea holds its breath, before everything begins to move. A tense silence, full of unspoken promises. The wave that hasn't risen yet โ€” but will. **THE BROKEN CREST** The wave that breaks โ€” free and fragile โ€” revealing within its roar another kind of stillness. Even in chaos, there is something that doesn't move. Not absence โ€” presence. **THE DISTANT SWELL** The swell you see from shore. Far enough that you can't hear it, but close enough to know it's coming. A line so thin it almost isn't there. Sometimes distance is the only way to hear silence clearly. **THE RESTING DEEP** Where everything settles. Where light sinks and reflects at once. The deepest silence โ€” the one that holds everything we cannot see anymore, but know is there. Where everything is quiet, but nothing is still. --- From surface to depth. From breath to silence. This is not one painting repeated four times. This is a single breath, told in four movements. ---- The paintings needs 3 weeks to dry, then it will be available. Your purchase will be safely packaged and protected from damages and humidity. Please note that the colors in the picture may vary, depending your monitor settings! ๐Ÿš€ SHIPPING with tracking number! Payment in: โ‚ฟitcoin๐Ÿ”— or Lightningโšก Price: 1,500,000 sats #art #artstr #isolabellart Available here ๐Ÿ‘‰
image SILENCE AMONG THE SILENCES (quartet), Oil on cradle wood panel โœ“ ORIGINAL oil painting (WITHOUT FRAME) โœ“ Size: 20x25cm each โœ“ Materials: Oil on cradle wood panel โœ“ Completed: November 11, 2025 Clouds taught me silence drifts. Flowers taught me silence blooms and fades. Waves taught me silence moves beneath stillness. And these four taught me this: Silence isnโ€™t one thing. Itโ€™s a threshold you cross. An echo that lingers. A quiet that holds. A presence that simply is. Sixteen paintings. Four quartets. One question. This is the answer I didnโ€™t know I was looking for. ---- Available immediately! โšก Your purchase will be safely packaged and protected from damages and humidity. Please note that the colors in the picture may vary, depending your monitor settings! ๐Ÿš€ SHIPPING with tracking number! Payment in: โ‚ฟitcoin๐Ÿ”— or Lightningโšก Price: 1,500,000 sats Available here ๐Ÿ‘‰ #shop #lightning #bitcoin
image ๐ŸŽจ GOLDEN WITNESS, Oil on board โœ“ ORIGINAL oil painting (WITHOUT FRAME) โœ“ Size: 65x54cm each โœ“ Materials: Oil on board โœ“ Completed: October 31, 2025 This painting was born from a photograph by @Goldgraphy โ€” an artist on Nostr whose work I admire. I asked to use the image. He said yes, asking nothing in return. Just wanted to support my work. That's rare. So when this sells, I'm sending 55,000 sats his way โ€” not because he asked, but because that's what reciprocity looks like between artists. A single tree holding light in a vast valley. The moment before everything changes. Sometimes the most powerful compositions are the simplest ones. ---- The paintings needs 3 weeks to dry, then it will be available. Your purchase will be safely packaged and protected from damages and humidity. Please note that the colors in the picture may vary, depending your monitor settings! ๐Ÿš€ SHIPPING with tracking number! Payment in: โ‚ฟitcoin๐Ÿ”— or Lightningโšก Price: 1,000,000 sats #art #artstr #isolabellart Available here ๐Ÿ‘‰
image WHERE THE DAY ENDS, Oil on cradle wood panel โœ“ ORIGINAL oil painting (WITHOUT FRAME) โœ“ Size: 23x30,5cm โœ“ Materials: Oil on cradle wood panel โœ“ Completed: February, 2026 The liminal hour. That suspended moment when the sky can't decide if it's day or night. Pink fading into blue. Birds crossing the edge of light. One gabbiano standing witness on wet sand. This painting captures the quiet weight of transitionโ€”not arrival, not departure, but the space between. ---- The paintings needs 3 weeks to dry, then it will be available. Your purchase will be safely packaged and protected from damages and humidity. Please note that the colors in the picture may vary, depending your monitor settings! ๐Ÿš€ SHIPPING with tracking number! Payment in: โ‚ฟitcoin๐Ÿ”— or Lightningโšก Price: 450,000 sats Available here ๐Ÿ‘‰ #art #artstr #isolabellart
image THE FOREST THAT REMAINS, Oil on cradle wood panel โœ“ ORIGINAL oil painting (WITHOUT FRAME) โœ“ Size: 23x30,5cm โœ“ Materials: Oil on cradle wood panel โœ“ Completed: February, 2026 This itโ€™s not a portrait of a specific place. Itโ€™s the memory of what remains when you walk long enough in silence. Thanks to @Don't Believe The Vibe ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ‹๐ŸŠ for the reference photo. ---- The paintings needs 3 weeks to dry, then it will be available. Your purchase will be safely packaged and protected from damages and humidity. Please note that the colors in the picture may vary, depending your monitor settings! ๐Ÿš€ SHIPPING with tracking number! Payment in: โ‚ฟitcoin๐Ÿ”— or Lightningโšก Price: 450,000 sats Available here ๐Ÿ‘‰ #art #artstr #isolabellart
Nostr doesnโ€™t need the โ€œright ideology.โ€ It needs to be useful. Protocols donโ€™t spread because people love decentralization. They spread when they quietly solve small, real problems. A group of friends. A circle of musicians or painters. A few florists or craftsmen sharing their work. A niche community that just wants a place to talk. Thatโ€™s how ecosystems grow. Not through influencers. Not through political tribes. Through small communities that stay โ€” and slowly realize the place theyโ€™re in doesnโ€™t belong to anyone.
Thereโ€™s a boom in preorders for the Samsung S26 Ultra because of its privacy display. People worry that someone sitting next to them might glance at their phone screen. Yet many of those same people donโ€™t use a VPN, accept every cookie they see, and spend hours on social networks that collect and sell their data. A very modern paradox: people fear the stranger sitting beside them on the trainโ€ฆ but hand their personal data to corporations that analyze it every second without a second thought.
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