Logbook – First dive of our submarine in the Mediterranean Sea.
I look out through the first porthole… and someone waves at us with tiny paws, like we’re the late bus.
My son Andrea has already given it a title: “The Catfish.”
Curious, sweet, and just a little… unpredictable, it peers inside like it’s deciding whether to adopt us. Around us: bubbles, little fish, and that sudden sense of wonder you get when the sea decides to tell you a story.
In the background, a hammerhead stares, baffled: “Sorry… but who invited the new tenant?” And yet this is only the first surprise of the trip. The next window on the seabed… promises an even more unexpected encounter.
TITLE:
An unexpected encounter
SUPPORT:
Cotton canvas on frame
SIZE:
60 x 60 cm
TECHNIQUE:
Oil on canvas
DATE:
Jan 2026
SERIAL N.:
20260101
NOTES:
Fictional subject, created solely with a palette knife.
AI used exclusively for preliminary studies; final work is handcrafted.
When I use AI, I treat it like a sketching lab. For example, here I gave a precise brief—subject, lighting, materials, even a lens effect—and then corrected the output with specific indications (the cat’s gaze and subjects in the background). AI doesn’t decide: it speeds up the study phase. The ethics lie in two things: not opaquely copying other people’s material and honestly declaring that it is a design tool, while the final work (and the artistic choices) remain mine.
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