27 April 2020
In moments like these I feel more than ever the need to dive into wider horizons to breathe deeply! Like in this ocean that I had seen in Portugal. I miss traveling and seeing beautiful places, and during the waiting this painting helps me to immerse myself with the colors in these scenarios, where the border between the horizon and the sky disappears to give space to that beam of light that makes the atmosphere so full of surprise. This […]
9 September 2019
When I was in Iceland I was very impressed to see Vik’s black beach. The black color is given by the ash of the volcanoes that turns into sand. The contrast of black with the greens of the promontory and the white of the waves is really exciting. The colors of Iceland are entering my canvases with these contrasts, surreal in our eyes but real in those lands full of natural charm. I like the fact that traveling is a […]
12 August 2019
The wild nature of Iceland has not struggled to get into my canvases. I wanted to focus on the creeks of the fjords overlooking the Atlantic Ocean to show these wonderful openings. In the foreground the light traces the path that leads to the tip of the fjord. The blue of the ocean is an intense ultramarine (when I saw it I didn’t believe it) and it softens all that dominance of the green. Last days of vacation in Croatia, […]
1 July 2019
I have just come back from this eight-day trip to Iceland, where I literally got drunk on the colors of this very special and wild nature. Thinking about this Monday, I fished out a work that I did in 2010 right on Iceland: then I had only started from a photo I had seen on a book and I braved myself creating these strong contrasts that seemed unrealistic. Instead, now that I’ve finally been there, nine years later, it strikes […]
