Logbook – Third dive (the most colorful surprise).
As promised, here comes the third “surprise”: the legendary Parrotfish.
Through the third porthole, the seabed looks like an underwater carnival: deep velvet-blue water, seaweed swaying like theater curtains, and a swarm of tiny yellow fish zipping by in formation—basically an “official escort.”
And then, him: feathers? fins? Who knows—but the outfit is pure star power.
Red, orange, yellow, green, and blue… a full-on color explosion, with the look of someone who absolutely knows he’s the main character. He stares at you as if to say, “Yes, I know. I’m photogenic even underwater.”
Surprise within the surprise: in the background, a sperm whale appears—huge and discreet—watching the scene with a baffled expression, like the sea’s wise old sage: “A parrot down here? And you in a submarine? The Mediterranean is really putting on a show today.”
TITLE:
When the Mediterranean Goes Tropical
SUPPORT:
Cotton canvas on frame
SIZE:
60 x 60 cm
TECHNIQUE:
Oil on canvas
DATE:
Jan 2026
SERIAL N.:
20260103
NOTES:
Fictional subject, created solely with a palette knife
AI used exclusively for preliminary studies; final work created by hand.
When I use AI, I treat it like a sketching lab. For example, here I gave a precise brief—subject, lighting, materials, even an optical lens effect—and then corrected the output with specific indications (the parrot’s head rotation and observation position, plumage colors, and subjects on the seabed). AI doesn’t decide: it speeds up the study phase. Ethics lie in two things: not opaquely copying other people’s material and honestly declaring that it is a design aid, while the final work (and the artistic choices) remain mine.
