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  • Tree of Knowledge © 2009, 84 x 55 cm, enamel and acrylic on canvas This painting is one of the works inspired by the study on animist believes and miths. It represents the Tree of Life. Its roots represent the underworld. The trunk represents the world we perceive. The branches represent the otherworld.
  • Untitled 13 © 2008, 57 x 37 cm, enamel and acrylic on canvas Another piece of the symbolic Abstract collection. Between a cervical bone and a horse shoe this work is a symbol of protection and good luck.
  • Nucleo, © 2007, 42 x 28 cm, acrylic on canvas This work takes its inspiration from the holistic idea where life's energy moves and connects all things of this world. The Shape represent the human life energy and the connection with its surroundings as described by Shamans

Archetypes © 2007-2009
 Series of Symbolic Abstract Paintings based on ancient archetypes

  • Fish, © 2007, 89 x 46 cm, enamel and acrylic on canvas Its symbol of prosperity and divine providence is for the artist the greates symbol of life and the eternal fight for survival. The painting works with the duality between the black bone carbon structure, and the yellow and green temporary presence of flesh. Through this work the living organism is depicted as a dichotomy of the hard mineral structure and the more ethereal presence of life-bringing water.
  • Jellyfish, © 2007, 85 x 59 cm, enamel and acrylic on canvas This work is inspired by one of the most simple yet deadliest living organism of the sea. Carried by tides and currents it is a symbol of travel through uncharted routes.

Arthmospheres © 2007
 This work is inspired by the sea and its living creatures. Very important elements in the artis't early life and place of birth.

  • Liquid images © 2005
  • Liquid images © 2005
  • Liquid images © 2005

Complexity Project © 2005
 This the result of an year long research around the effects of chaos and self-organization in art and living systems.
Known as Complexity or Chaos theory, this new branch of human investigation is based on the ground-breaking dicoveryes of the late '70.
It came across to the world knowledge through the mathematician Mandelbrot

  • The Sign of Fire © 2001

The Sign of Fire © 2003
 This is the work that won the entry to the Biennal of young artists of Europe and the Mediterranean.
It is Inspired by the stunning volcanic eruption that happened in Sicily in 2002,
It is a performance based installation where the artist creates symbolic images with Volcano Ash
The ash it is symbol and echo of Chaos and Ancient world
It becomes the informal matrix used by the artist – personified with the Cosmos ; the ordering principle of the Universe
It organizes and transforms through its gesture into an organic and coherent image.

  • Cieli in Tempo Reale (AKA Real Time Skies), © 2000, video installation

Cieli in tempo reale, © 2000
 This is the last project developed in Italy. It plays with our concept and perception of time.
It is developed through the use of two footages with modified time code.
The result is two video pieces simultaneously projected where the motion of clouds
and the ant colony are moving at the same pace giving the viewer a distorted perception of time.

  • Buffalo 1 © 2000, 80 x 50cm, enamel and acrylic on canvas This painting is part of a long series of works inspired by the study of primitive and ancient civilizations. Studying the spiritual beliefs of american natives, the work depicts the buffalo or Tatanka. It is a symbol of the gift of God Wakan Tanka to the indian tribes for survival.
  • Spiral © 2001, 85 x 85cm, burned canvas
  • Alluminium shell © 2000, 150 x 100cm, alluminium and acrylic on wood

Paintings © 1999-2001
 After the fine art formation years the artist started his own independent fine art practice
Influenced by ancient rock art and art brut he is inpired by spiritual symbolism
In these early years the artist research extensively primitive and ancient believes systems
He is mostly influenced by the culture of shamanism and animism

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