Memory of Malta

 

An original piece from the series “Houses on the water”, oil on thick paper, 50 x 37 cm, 2021 (original sold).

When, in my holidays, I go to visit a seaside town or a river town, it often happens that I am involved into the classic tourist trip on the boat, or vessel. Such an experience, by definition, is a little superficial: the distance from the coast, the movement, the limited time, all these elements combined together make the perception confused. But at the same time, perhaps for the fact that the focus can not dwell deeply on anything specific, the end of this experience gives a reminder of the whole, that could reveal the spirit of that place. It 's true, the details are confused, the facades of the buildings overlap, we are no longer sure if the front of that palace was on the Grand Canal or the Giudecca, but probably at the end of the journey, that will remain our most intense memory of Venice.

The shop window

Oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm, 2022. This original painting is available for sale at the price of 1350 US$, shipping included. Contact me in case you are interested in more information about my work, the sales prices of individual works, or the availability for work on graphic

Stratifications

Oil on canvas, 50 x 80 cm, 2023. Cutting a rock reveals an intricate pattern of layers that have sedimented over very long periods of time. The succession of geological eras sees the depositing, one veil after another, of the materials that will create a complicated abstract embroidery. A sort of map is created which embodies the sense of the passage of time and the sense of the substance and of its weight. This original painting is available for sale at the price of 1560 US$, shipping included. Contact me in case you are interested in more information about my work, the sales prices of individual works, or the availability for work on graphics.

Puppets

 

From a series of childhood memories. Oil on thick paper, 60 x 40 cm, 2022. This original painting is available for sale at the price of 690 US$, shipping included. Contact me in case you are interested in more information about my work, the sales prices of individual works, or the availability for work on graphics.

Little red fish

 

I open my eyes underwater. The contours of objects are blurred. The contrast between the colors is softened by a veil that makes everything more uniform. The refraction of the light is influenced by the ripples in the surface of the sea. Flashes of light dance on things, concentrating and dispersing, giving the surface of the objects it stands on the impression of velvet. The fish move slowly among the seaweed, all things appear together, faded and dissolved into one another.

Oil painting on thick paper, 25 x 25 cm, 2022 (original sold).

The Milk Way from a different point of view

 

An original piece from the series “Reliefs”, oil on plywood and cement plaster, 15 x 53 cm, 2022 (original artwork sold) .

When we consider a road map or a map of the territory we note that they contain different information that are represented by different means, according to the purpose for which they were created: each time we find colors, symbols and words that recall a precise meaning. What happens if I take these techniques of representation, these symbols, and take off the scope for which they were created and mingle them with each other? Will it be for the reader a text in a foreign language, that is meaningless, or through the world of associations and references that each of us possesses, will generate a new language and associate to those images a new meaning? In these paintings, in particular, I am interested in contours that highlight the points of the territory which are at the same elevation. In my works, they become the borders of different colors or shades, bringing out hidden shapes and concentric curves.

laguna

 

Imaginary landscape, dreaming of Venice. Oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm, 2020. This original painting is available for sale at the price of 950 US$, shipping included. Contact me in case you are interested in more information about my work, the sales prices of individual works, or the availability for work on graphics.