Beach Boys
Beach Boys, 2015, 78 x 75 cm, acrylics on canvas. Below is the first sketch:
The Watcher
This was my entry for a competition launched by the village of Meano, near Brescia. … Sospesi sul Borgo di Meano, gli occhiali che sorvegliano come guardiani silenti suggeriscono un nuovo punto di vista, quello degli artisti attraverso la loro prospettiva sempre un po’ diversa rispetto alla vita di tutti i giorni. Una linea che […]
In search of intelligent trees
Barbed wire tree
The intelligence of trees
The natural world is full of surprises. Trees, for example. At the end of its first year’s growth, an apple tree has already made 17 million root hairs, with a total length of about 2 kilometres. These root hairs are not just passive filaments absorbing water and minerals. They react to the environment; they have […]
Trees, weapons of mass creation
The alchemy performed by artists, who transmute dead, leaden material into something of value, is nothing in comparison with the miracle performed by trees, that transform inorganic gases, water and minerals into vast and complex structures, giving oxygen and life to our planet. Trees are veritable weapons of mass creation. To perform this operation, trees […]