Oak (tree of life) Painting

Most of the works by Recherche Art (Stefano Bersani) are created on solid supports, thick frames in poplar plywood and pine. They take shape from an initial layering of several materials: kaolin, marble powder, real vegetal roots, gold and silver leaf, bark fragments and leaf marks all combined with acrylic resins. Once the layers have dried up, the neutral base is then coloured: acrylic, oil or tempera paints spread following the shape reliefs with surprising and unique effects, as in some of the works where the final effect is a consumed bas relief.