PVS (Polyvagale Synthese)

Nina Pettinato, 2024 · acrylic on canvas · 160 × 120 cm

Work at a Glance
A large-format acrylic painting on canvas, created in 2024 in a vertical format, featuring multilayered, overlapping ribbons and spontaneous color gradients.

How to Read the Painting?
Like the neural pathways of a living organism, dozens of ribbons – in shades of pink, crimson, navy blue, and warm ochre – wind their way across the canvas: intertwined, pulsating, and ceaselessly in motion. The painting breathes the very complexity of the nervous system itself – stimuli, reactions, and connections that simultaneously diverge and converge. A deep, luminous red glows through every layer as the emotional core, while blue weaves through the composition with a cooling, organizing presence – regulation amidst the chaos, just as the title promises.

Who is this Painting for?
'PVS' is a work of overwhelming vital energy that imbues any space with intensity and intelligence – perfect for anyone who senses that body and emotion, art and science, are not opposites.