Artist's Interpretation:

The "Lumia" is a small sweet lemon found in the gardens of Sicily and other Mediterranean countries. It is the symbol of a land burned by a scorching sun, the memory of the emigrant, the thrill of the young and the wisdom of the old. It is a dying species in search of salvation on the beach of despair.

There, under this arboreal umbrella, rests a broken down ship without oars, without masts and without sailors. It is the ship that inspired Ulysses and Columbus to dare the unknown, it is the ship of fools, the ship of dreamers, the ship of sages and the eternal ship of hope. The metaphysical search of the Sicilian lumia will not end at the horizon of time but will continue into eternity.

Joseph Cusimano

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Additional Information:

• Available for purchase as a Limited edition print (only 350 were made).
• Cover of the Limited edition book Passage to Canada (only 2,000 were made).
• Color reproduction appears in Passage to Canada, page 84, image #50.
• Reproduction appears in Underground Surrealist Magazine, #10 (Cambridge, MA, USA).
• Related paintings: La Ricerca Metafisica della Lumia di Sicilia nella Mitologia dei Segni, Il Viaggio Metafisico di una Lumia di Sicilia, and Lumia de Sicilia, Visione Onirica di un Desiderio Metafisico.
• Related studio photos:
• Exhibited at Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto.
• Exhibited at Passage to Canada book release, Toronto.
• Exhibited at Galerie d'Alliance Française, Toronto.