PAINTING

The theme that I prefer and that fascinates me most is nature, in particular the landscape, which I filter through a contemplative and dreamlike vision, using acrylic paint.

My paintings are primitive places: desert areas, mountains, glaciers and vast cloudscapes where time seems to have stopped. Often there are no references to precise spaces, but rather the fruit of imagination, constructed a priori.

My way of painting originates from a broad process of exploration and experimentation with expressive forms, inspired by the great Renaissance painters such as Leonardo Da Vinci and Giorgione, by sumi-e, and by traditional Chinese landscape painting; to reach Turner, De Nittis, Monet; but also influenced by contemporary artists, especially Morandi, de Chirico, Rothko, Richter and Schnabel.

I use different ways to apply color; I mix and contaminate techniques such as tonal painting, gestural painting, dense or watercolor impastos, quick and impulsive brushstrokes, splashes, dripping and stains, and swirling brushstrokes, which contribute to creating a sensation of dynamism and tension.

The effects of light, the density of the atmosphere of the sky and clouds in the moments before and after sunset are an essential part of the creative process; these are my favorite moments. And then the becoming, the impermanence, the rethinking of the composition of the work, the unfinished, the incompleteness; they are essential elements in my works.

During the creation of the work there is a continuous tug of war in the attempt to finish or define something that refuses to be defined.

Not infrequently I delete the painting to start again from scratch, or I finish the painting in a few intuitive, simple and precise brushstrokes.

Glaciers Series

Acrylic on paper or canvas

2020 - 2024