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For a long time, Salustiano’s painting was a longing for perfection, an unrelenting pursuit of an idealized reality. So much so, it could be called Hyper-idealism. He depicted figures suspended in a pure, almost sacred space, where beauty held something absolute, unbreakable. But over time, he came to understand that external perfection was not enough. His gaze then began to shift, towards another place: childhood.

Childhood, with its boundless ability to blend reality, dreams, and fantasy, offers Salustiano a new language. Because it is no longer about representing the ideal, but about evoking what once was, or might have been. Rigor softens into tenderness; precision turns into reverie.

“The world I once painted now begins to transform: no longer the mirror of a perfect reality, but the reflection of a gentle, dreamlike one, free of edges. Like soap bubbles floating through the air. Like cotton-candy clouds in a sky without threats.

In this oneiric universe, the boundaries between the real and the imagined dissolve. My figures are no longer gods on earth, but children from a world that exists only when we close our eyes. A world where everything is possible, where the light is kind and time stands still. That is where I long to dwell now, into a dream.” – Salustiano