Untitled 01 Print

A contemporary landscape painting, that combines real life elements with a vibrant and textured abstract background. It is an original piece created in several steps (various coats of diluted and pure oil paint) to achieve texture and movement. The painting portrays a woman contemplating the landscape in front of her; the colors are inspired by the view from my window in the afternoon, and by some memories of a village on the mountains in the north of Italy. This woman is somehow haunted by another figure at her back (bottom right corner). Here is some information about the thinking process behind this piece. Most of my paintings start from pure abstraction; after the first two or three layers of color are deposited, I start looking for interesting shapes that I transform into figures. I go on with this process back and forth until I'm satisfied with the result. I am interested in soaking reality into imagination, and to present real life elements in uncommon spaces, using intense brush work to create depth and emotion.