Sinapsys

"Diagram number 9". Oil on thick paper, 48 x 48 cm, 2023.

An original piece from the series “Virtual model”, oil and pencil on paper, 30 x 50 cm, 2023.

I like to create imaginary worlds. I invent virtual simplified realities, probably the result of travel memories and past experiences. I choose the types of buildings, I place them on a fictitious ground, check the colors of the various parts, the lights, the elements of the landscape. And then I choose a point of view and portray this place of fantasy. The traditional landscape painting has to deal with the atmospheric variables, with the mutability of natural light. Here, on the contrary, not only everything is static, but I can change the various elements at will: add or remove pieces, move something, try the effects of shadows depending on the movement of the lights. But it is a small difference, and also the difference between "real" reality and virtual reality is now small: it has become part of our daily lives, changed our way of perceiving, and somehow has itself become real.

"White cockatoo and black tulips". Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm, 2023.

This painting features a stylized and surreal indoor scene. In the foreground, a large white cockatoo. The bird’s eye is bright and expressive, giving it a curious, almost human-like personality. To the left, there’s a tall turquoise vase filled with large, deep red tulips. One tulip has fallen and lies on the floor near the bird, suggesting a moment of movement or mischief.

“Diagram number 8”, oil on thick paper, 50 x 30 cm, 2023.

In my youth at the school, certain lessons were inevitably boring. When the distraction peered, inadvertently I began to scribble the pages of the books, filling with drawings their blank borders. The hour of history, or philosophy, gave easy ideas: I copied the portraits of philosophers illustrating the beginning of each chapter in the textbook. The math class gave beautiful diagrams: their geometries structured the space, providing backgrounds to fill with decorations, figures, pictures. Maybe it was the insight that those same geometries hid a sort of aesthetics, an inexplicable and axiomatic beauty, like when we are aware of it in front of nature, without being able to give it an explanation. This sort of drawings make me think of a kind of prayer, a repetitive but pleasant action, like the work of an embroiderer, like a spider weaving its web.

"And finally the flood comes". Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm, 2023.

A man floating on the water surrounded by a bunch of objects, probably the every day objects of a whole lifetime.

"Virtual model, the castle". Oil on thick paper, 35 x 63 cm, 2023.

I like to create imaginary worlds. I invent virtual simplified realities, probably the result of travel memories and past experiences. I choose the types of buildings, I place them on a fictitious ground, check the colors of the various parts, the lights, the elements of the landscape. And then I choose a point of view and portray this place of fantasy. The traditional landscape painting has to deal with the atmospheric variables, with the mutability of natural light. Here, on the contrary, not only everything is static, but I can change the various elements at will: add or remove pieces, move something, try the effects of shadows depending on the movement of the lights. But it is a small difference, and also the difference between "real" reality and virtual reality is now small: it has become part of our daily lives, changed our way of perceiving, and somehow has itself become real.

Virtual models. Oil on thick paper, 40 x 40 cm, 2023. Here are some details of the two paintings:

“Virtual model”, oil on thick paper, 40 x 40 cm, 2023.

I like to create imaginary worlds. I invent virtual simplified realities, probably the result of travel memories and past experiences. I choose the types of buildings, I place them on a fictitious ground, check the colors of the various parts, the lights, the elements of the landscape. And then I choose a point of view and portray this place of fantasy. The traditional landscape painting has to deal with the atmospheric variables, with the mutability of natural light. Here, on the contrary, not only everything is static, but I can change the various elements at will: add or remove pieces, move something, try the effects of shadows depending on the movement of the lights. But it is a small difference, and also the difference between "real" reality and virtual reality is now small: it has become part of our daily lives, changed our way of perceiving, and somehow has itself become real.

These original paintings are available for sale, shipping is worldwide free. Contact me in case you are interested in more information about my work, or the availability for work on graphics.

A woman in a dressing gown, on the balcony of a city building (the city can be seen in the background). With her a dog and a cat, probably her family. An unexpected encounter takes place on the balcony. Will it bring good or bad news?

Oil on canvas, 70 x 90 cm, 2023. This original painting is available for sale, shipping is worldwide free. Contact me in case you are interested in more information about my work, or the availability for work on graphics.

"Swimmers". Oil on wood panel (plywood), 70 x 38 cm, 2023.