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  • The Butterfly Man

    On the beach, amid the sound of the sea and the lightness of summer, a man moves forward, almost disappearing behind an explosion of shapes and colours. He is a street vendor, yet he resembles a fantastic creature: a butterfly born from ingenuity and necessity.

    To earn a living, he turns his own body into a travelling display, reinventing his trade each day and carrying with him the small desires of holidaymakers. The inflatables become wings, and the weight of hard work is transformed into colour.

    “The Butterfly Man” thus tells the quiet poetry of someone who, faced with need, does not give up his dignity, but finds in creativity a new way to keep flying.

    TITLE:  The Butterfly Man

    SUPPORT:

    Cotton canvas on frame

    SIZE:

    70 x 50 cm

    TECHNIQUE:

    Oil on canvas

    DATE:

    August 2026

    SERIAL N.:

    20260802

    NOTES:

    Subject based on a photograph, created using a palette knife..

  • Bougainvillea

    I saw it — it was there! Alive in my friend’s photograph — a burst of magenta red, with tiny real flowers at the center of the luminous bracts.
    A few green leaves, oval, sometimes slightly pointed; woody and thorny branches, perfect for climbing the sun-warmed plaster wall.
    This image was taken on August 11, 2023, on the Greek island of Patmos by my friend Cesare Rotondo, a Milanese manager, photographer, and jazz musician of rare talent.

    TITLE:   

    Bougainvillea

    SUPPORT:

    Cotton canvas on frame

    SIZE:

    50 x 60 cm

    TECHNIQUE:

    Oil on canvas

    DATE:

    July 2025

    SERIAL N.:

    20250701

    NOTES:

    Subject taken from one photographs, created solely with a spatula

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