Roots

Roots

  • 2013, comte’ on paper, 18 x 24 inches, 45.7 x 60.9 cm. Collezione MuSa, Civica Raccolta del Disegno Salo'
  • 2013, pencil on Fabriano, 51 x 67 cm, 20 x 26 in. Private collection
  • 2014, oil on linen, 50.5 x 40.5 cm., 19 x 15 in. Private collection
  • 2013,charcoal on Fabriano , 18 x 24 in., 45.7 x 60.9 cm. Collezione MuSa, Civica Raccolta del Disegno Salo'
  • 2014, oil on linen, 53 x 43 cm., 20 x 30 in. Private collection
  • 2014, oil on linen, 53 x 43 cm., 20 x 30 in. Private collection
  • 2014, oil on linen, 53 x 43 cm., 20 x 30 in. Private collection
  • 2014, oil on linen, 53 x 43 cm., 20 x 30 in. Private collection
  • 2015, pencil on Fabriano paper, 51 x 67 cm, 20 x 26 inches
  • 2014, comte’ on paper, 45.7 x 60.9 cm., 18 x 24 in. Private collection
  • 2013, oil on linen, 45.5 x 48 cm., 17 x 18 in. Private collection
  • 2013, oil on linen, 45.5 x 48 cm., 17 x 18 in.
  • 2013, oil on linen, 30 x 30 cm., 11 x 11 in. Permanent collection Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland
  • 2013, oil on linen, 30 x 30 cm., 11 x 11 in. Private collection
  • 2009, charcoal on Fabriano paper, 40 x 60 cm., 15 x 23 in. Private collection
  • 2014, wood, elastic, silk, 140 x 80 x 85 cm., 55 x 31 1/2 x 33 1/2 in.
  • 2014, installation view, Mulino Salacrist Bormio, Italy
  • 2015, compte on Fabriano paper, 51 x 67 cm, 20 x 26 in.
  • 2012, oil on wood, 52 x 52 cm., 20 x 20 in.
  • 2012, oil on linen, 42 x 62 cm., 24 x 31 in. Private collection
  • 2014, oil on linen, 61 x 50.5 cm., 24 x 20 in.
  • 2015, pencil on Fabriano paper, 51 x 67 cm, 20 x 26 in.
  • 2013, oil on linen,37 x 65.5 cm., 14 x 25 in.
  • 2014, oil on linen, 80 x 61 cm., 31 x 24 in.
  • 2015, etchings on Somerset white paper, 30.5 x 30.5 cm., 12 x 12 in. each
  • 2015, etching on Somerset white paper, 30.5 x 30.5 cm., 12 x 12 in. (detail)
  • 2014, Midsummer Dance, oil on Belgian linen, 80 x80., 30 x 30 in.

I have been painting and drawing roots that take life in a magical way and become fantastical creatures, full of humanity. They look  vulnerable and strong and beautiful, with a wounded element that makes them unique. They are strange creatures that talk to my heart. They are not loud, they look at me quietly in the hope of being seen.


May 10th, 2014

"Persephone, symbol of the human innocence, is seduced and kidnapped by the platonic energy and dragged into the earth’s bowels. There, she becomes wise. Six months later she finds the emergency exit and escapes, coming back to the surface and rebirthing into Spring. She is the portrait of the seasons’ life cycle: plants rebirth in Spring and hide underground in Autumn. This cycle makes me think about my choice of drawing and painting roots and about how the presence of such a primitive element is so important in my artistic search, intended as an event of the Spirit".

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