28 August 2017
The rough sea always arouses mine curiosity, and I want to look at it more closely, not missing a wave and diving in the thousands of shades of colors created on the shore. In this work I started from an ivory cardboard and I deliberately left some of this background color, in order to give more light and depth. A wonderful quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupèry seems to me involved in this work: “If you want to build a ship, […]
24 July 2017
In these days on social media I see a lot of photos of beaches, seas, mountains … so while I’m waiting to leave for my holidays, I go back with my mind and heart in Liguria, Camogli. In this painting I wanted to dwell on the transparent reflections of the shore near the rocks where the sunlight becomes dazzling. It is an oil on canvas and I used the Prussian blue powder, mixed with linseed oil to make the coast rocky. […]
17 July 2017
When I see the rough sea, my mood is full of wonder. At first this artwork seemed abstract as an image, but with little gestures and movements the space took shape up to the wave in the foreground, which expresses all the strength of the water in the crash on the shore. Another aspect that struck me is the transparency of the water: in some places I deliberately left the rough color of the canvas to get out the reflected […]
8 May 2017
Last Saturday I went to the Artistic High School Carlo Dell’Acqua, in Legnano, to tell about my work and to make a live performance. I told students that painting is hunger and thirst for beauty, and need to shout something to the world. It is a journey and becomes a job you can live if you are willing to work hard and bet on what you do. The students made me a lot of questions, including technical ones, and an interesting dialogue […]
