Freedom

Towards Jonathan Livingston

2023, Oil on canvas, 100 x 150 cm

"Towards Jonathan Livingston" – A barefoot woman walking toward the seagull statue at sunset, in a fragmented oil painting by Assunta Cassa, symbolizing freedom and aspiration.
Woman walking toward the light in a dark tunnel, symbolizing hope and inner strength.

Light in the darkness

2023, Oil on canvas, 60 x 100 cm

Paradiso Canto III. Piccarda Donati

2021, Oil on canvas, 100 x 60 cm

Symbolic portrait of Piccarda Donati with a face divided between light and shadow, representing female inner strength.
Fragmented portrait of Malala Yousafzay with bars and 'I am stronger than fear' text, symbolizing courage and freedom.

Malala.
Stronger than fear

2020, Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm

Resilienza

2018, Oil and golden leaf on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Private collection, Italy

Fragmented portrait of a young girl with a gold-leaf scar, inspired by kintsugi, symbolizing healing, resilience, and inner beauty.
A thoughtful girl sitting on the floor, touched by sunlight filtering through bars, surrounded by abstract red and purple pixels.

Riflessi di luce nell'ombra

2017, Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm
Private collection, Germany

Metaphors.
Alphonso Johnson

2017, Oil on canvas,  80 x 80 cm
Private collection, United States

A woman in a red dress waiting at a subway station with a suitcase, abstract lights surrounding her.

Restare

2017, Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
Private collection, Italy

Joie de vivre

2016, Oil on canvas, 100 x 70 cm
Private collection, Italy

A joyful girl pulling a suitcase at a train station, painted in bright yellow, blue, and red.
A woman's face and hands behind a glass window, reflecting themes of distance and inner tension.

Dietro la finestra

2016, Oil on canvas, 40 x 60 cm

Dietro le sbarre

2016, Oil on canvas, 60 x 30 cm
Private collection, Italy

Oil painting of clenched hands gripping metal bars, symbolizing imprisonment and loss of freedom.
Intense fragmented portrait of a girl behind bars, a silent expression of strength and existential questioning.

Why?

2016, Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm

Piove

2015, Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm
Private collection, France

Expressionist painting of a woman kneeling alone in the rain, created with vibrant blue and orange palette knife strokes.
Woman in black standing near a train in a dynamic urban scene, painted in warm and vivid tones.

Fuga

2014, Oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm