domenica 30 aprile 2017

Psychedelic octopus

(original sold)






































Oil on Canson paper (290 g/mq), 28 x 50 cm, 2016. Original paintings sold.



The fantastic world of animals. When I was a kid I went crazy for these small encyclopedias for children, where all the animal species were cataloged, and were represented with drawings rather than with images. Those drawings, although very detailed, left much to the imagination. It was as if some white space at the edges of the image were put there on purpose, to allow the viewer to complete, with the imagination, the work of describing that animal. Perhaps it is from this childhood passion that comes to me a certain obsession for animals, and a vice that leads me, starting from a detail or from a  certain peculiarity, to exaggerate, to overstate the decorations and the colors, to allow the polyps to emit colored and psychedelic inks. Originals available for sale:


(original sold)

(original sold)


lunedì 17 aprile 2017

Cities

The city on the river, 30 x 40 cm, oil on canvas, 1991.





































Red city, 21 x 30 cm, ink on paper, 1997.





































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mercoledì 5 aprile 2017

The house of the haruspex

The house of the haruspex



Oil on canvas, 2011,  100 x 70 cm. Original sold.


The haruspex predicts the future by interpreting signs that he is able to discover hidden in the bowels of animals. The place of his work is bare, half way between the shop of a dealer and a pagan temple. The large bowls, which contain the remains of animals butchered for the prophecy, are the tools of his work. The soothsayer is sad. To him falls the task of sacrificing innocent animals, for an oracle that says nothing that is not already known.