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Tag: Flowers

  • Phalaenopsis

    For her birthday, my father-in-law Marco gave Luisa a beautiful white Orchid.

    It was August 26th and we put it on the garden table near the kitchen. Lots of light and protected from water and cold. Today, almost two months after its arrival, the plant is still there. Majestic and proud in its unchanged whiteness.

    I imagine it like this, a synthesis of all the flowers in the garden, a summary of the life and colors that surround us, lots of light and some dark shades.

    TITLE:   

    Phalaenopsis

    SUPPORT:

    Cotton canvas on frame

    SIZE:

    60 x 100 cm

    TECHNIQUE:

    Oil on canvas

    DATE:

    October 2022

    SERIAL N.:

    20221001

    NOTES:

    Made entirely with a spatula

  • Red Tulips

    I had just started my painting course when I had the opportunity to accompany my wife to Holland. First stop was the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, an educational and seductive tour, an encouragement to study color and its effect on the perception of reality.

    Although I was enchanted by his Sunflowers, I was afraid of dealing with such an important subject, so I chose a simpler subject: a field of tulips.

    The difficulty of this painting was to represent the most distant flowers, which in the original photograph appeared blurry and poorly defined.

    TITLE:   

    Red Tulips

    SUPPORT:

    Cotton canvas on frame

    SIZE:

    50 x 50 cm

    TECHNIQUE:

    Oil on canvas

    DATE:

    April 2022

    SERIAL N.:

    20220401

    NOTES:

    Made with brush

    OWNER:

    Today owned by Valentina and Andrea Macario

  • Cousin’s Cat

    This is my wife’s cousin’s cat: Massimo. It’s a photograph of him that inspired me for the plastic pose and the color that is highlighted by the light coming from the left. The most fun part was making the leaves of the plants that could be placed on multiple levels thanks to the work of the spatula.

    Here a quick intervention by the master Fontanini gave greater roundness and depth to the segments of the fountain.

    TITLE:   

    Cousin’s Cat

    SUPPORT:

    Cotton canvas on frame

    SIZE:

    50 x 70 cm

    TECHNIQUE:

    Oil on canvas

    DATE:

    October 2023

    SERIAL N.:

    20231002

    NOTES:

    Made entirely with a spatula. except for the basket

    OWNER:

    Today owned by Dr. Massimo Meroni

  • Climbing exercise

    I took this photo in Lecce during a trip to Salento in 2022. I find the contrast between the colors of the creeper that overlooks the door and the one that climbs up from below along the wall extraordinary. Unfortunately, the photo does not highlight the color well, which in real life is full and transparent. The back wall was done before starting to paint the creepers with the spatula..

    TITLE:   

    Climbing exercise

    SUPPORT:

    Cotton canvas on frame

    SIZE:

    50 x 50 cm

    TECHNIQUE:

    Oil on canvas

    DATE:

    April 2023

    SERIAL N.:

    20230401

    NOTES:

    Made with a spatula and brush – Today owned by Andrea Macario

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