Abstraction is central to his approach because it allows feeling to lead. Rather than illustrating a single narrative, he builds visual experiences that hold multiple truths at once—quiet and volatile, spacious and compressed, luminous and raw. The result is work that meets viewers in a personal way, inviting them to sense the painting beforetrying to “solve” it. Mescudi’s process is rooted in intuition and experimentation. He works through layering, revision, and discovery—adding, subtracting, and reworking the surface until the composition settles into a convincing rhythm. Each piece becomes a record of choices over time, where traces of earlier decisions remain present beneath what is visible. Color is a primary engine in his studio language. Sometimes it functions as atmosphere—soft fields that suggest depth, memory, or distance. Other times it arrives as impact—bold contrasts and energetic pairings that push the eye, create friction, or amplify motion across the canvas.

Gesture and movement also play a defining role. Mescudi uses mark-making to create tempo: sweeping passages, tight clusters, and breaks of negative space that feel like breath. The paintings often carry a sense of motion held in suspension—suggesting that something is unfolding, shifting, or just about to change. While his work remains open-ended, it is never random. Structure matters: balance, weight, and spatial relationships are carefully negotiated so the painting holds together as an experience.

Viewers may notice how forms echo each other, how edges soften or sharpen, or how quiet areas give intensity somewhere else room to speak. What draws Mescudi most to abstract art is its openness and honesty. His paintings resist fixed interpretation, inviting viewers to bring their own history into the encounter. The work rewards attention over time—subtle transitions, buried gestures, and unexpected harmonies reveal themselves slowly, offering a space for reflection and discovery. Ultimately, Mescudi’s practice is driven by a belief in creative possibility. He paints to expand emotional space—to translate what is difficult to name into color, gesture, and form. Each body of work continues that pursuit: building paintings that are felt, lived with, and returned to—images that remain active long after the first look.