But what did he do with that "lingo" when translating it to the canvas?
He painted a happy Hula girl. That alone already shows his genius. Moreover; he painted her playing a swan song, considering her surroundings. But look again: she sings as happily as if she were sunbathing on the beach.
There is a threatening eruption... but does she look over her shoulder? The sea is already darkening... but does she pick up her belongings to leave?
No, she stays just where she is. Trusting life, and that the outcome will be good -- whatever happens.
The painting Moonlight Paradise is Ramirez par excellence. Always believing in paradise, whatever the odds may be...
Look at the dark surfer on the dark waves. Then look at the light Hula girl playing her song. And look again in the distance, where burning red lava is streaming down the black mountain, seeking its destroying path.
What is Ramirez telling us? Should we focus on the background or on the foreground? Or on both simultaneously? Or on both alternately?
This is the masterly vision of an artist who has seen it all, and has gone through it all. And therefore gives us not a particularly compelling vision. He leaves the beholder with a vision of his own. Pietro Ramirez makes no choices for us. The choice is ours.