Some of my paintings_oil and batik

Amizade (Friendship), Oil on canvas 60,5x69,5

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Armonia  (Harmony)_Oil on canvas, 38,5x54

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This painting was created by magic! following my arm, the pencil was an extension of it. I enjoyed every single step of this painting. I love the expression of the eyes, especially the woman’s ones. And the position of the bodies, a deep together love committment. The yellow is light, joy and harmony!

Bruxa

Oil on cardboard

30X40

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Believing that the spirit of the One, Goddess and God exist in all things, in the trees, rain, flowers, the sea, in each other and all of natures creatures.   This means that we must treat "all things" of the Earth as aspects of the divine, and respect them

Dolcezza per un figlio  (Sweetness for a new born baby) _ Oil on canvas, 60x120

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I was working in Moçambique, running a water and sanitation project, I was mostly living in rural villages, dealing with women and children, and was in charge both of a feasibility study and of the empowerment and awareness campaign components. Many sugar cans around, the first time for me to see them, and many young women going to become mothers..the link was natural: sucking the sweet sugar from the can gives the same nectar to the new born baby. At the same time, I wanted to point out the hard work these women do in the fields.

Dolce tepore di un sonno condiviso, oil on cotton, 69x46,5

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Malizia, oil on canvas, 86,5x116 

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GEA, oil on canvas, 70x55 

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L’attesa (The waiting), oil and volcanic sand on canvas , 54,5x 75,5

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Madre (Mother), oil on canvas, 60x80 

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Maternità Africana (African motherhood)_ Oil on canvas, 50x60 

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 One of the paintings I love more! I made it while I was living in Moçambique, it came very spontaneously. Africa is like a big mother, gives birth, embraces.

Failure of this natural progression – becoming mother - brings so much anguish, shame and despair to the family but much more to the woman affected. Africa is frequently represented as the figure of a woman, mothers and motherhood remain a powerful symbolic force, women as both victims and agents of change.  Africa's future is as an engine of global economic growth which will be directly linked to the status of women on the continent. Africa will rise when women take roles as educated and equal partners in society. Africa’s future is female.

Nella bottega dei vasi, oil on canvas, 50x60

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Pausa bevendo lanho (Coconut water break), oil and sand on canvas, 83x63 

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During my stay in Zambezia, Moçambique, I very much enjoyed fresh juicy coconuts. Especially driving through the plantation, I used to stop and buy them from local children, it was such a restoring dring in such a hot day! 

                                    Quadretto familiare (Family portrait), oil and batik, 50x70 

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Sensualità (Sensuality), oil and batik, 62,5x69,5

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Soffio di donna, oil and sand on canvas, 60x80

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A blow. Gentle and shaping as silk. My father's favourite painting. I dedicate it to his soul

                                                                      Sognando

                                                               Oil on canvas, 49.5 x 32

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Stupore infantile (Childish wonder), oil and sand on canvas, 20x30

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Una pittura da Zonca (A painting from Zonca), oil on canvas, 30x40

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Wicca _Oil and silver leaf on canvas,40x50

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 I was living on a sailing boat at that time, and felt a very strong connection with nature. Wiccan believe that the spirit of the One, Goddess and God exist in all things, in the trees, rain, flowers, the sea, in each other and all of natures creatures.   This means that we must treat "all things" of the Earth as aspects of the divine, and respect them.

Venditrici di spezie (Spices sellers), oil and sand on canvas, 104x124

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Xi-coração (Crossing hearts), oil and sand on canvas, 60,5x69,5

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Un abbraccio (A hug), oil and sand on canvas, 50x60

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Ricordo del Bangladesh (Memory of Bangladesh)_ Oil on canvas, 91x125

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I was working in Bangladesh at that time, for a microcredit program aimed to the empowerment of  rural women in Jessore. I still have fond memories of this overwhelming and yet charming Country. Its creative endeavors inspired me to paint these women and their lively dresses during the everyday life in the market. When I finished the painting, there were only three figures, then – all of a sudden – the fourth one appeared: the woman wearing fresh flowers in her hair. She had just to emerge from the canvas, and I made her alive. I used a volcanic sand, mixing it with oil colours.

Please, take some time to know more about this Country (extreme poverty , extraordinary birth rate , devastating effects of floods and cyclones, the 1971 mass killings - one of the most concentrated act of genocide in the XXth century, environmental consequences of shrimps industries/prawn culture, and so on).

Un pomeriggio a Quelimane (An afternoon in Quelimane)_Oil, 30x40

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In 2003 I have been invited to go to Moçambique again (my third time) in order to consider a job proposal. That’s a draw I made during an afternoon in the city of Quelimane, town and seaport on the Indian Ocean, where I had previously spent several months, during my former stay in the Zambezia region. Agriculture is by far the largest industry, nine-tenths of the population is rural. Although only 5 percent of the land is arable, 80 percent of the people work in agriculture. The farming techniques are primitive, involving few tools and work animals. Women in rural areas generally keep their traditional garb of long strips of fabric with brightly colored African patterns, that are wrapped around the body, under the arms, and over one shoulder. They also have retained the traditional head scarf or turban. Young children rarely are separated from their mothers. It is customary for women to tie their babies to their backs with a strip of cloth and take them along when they work in the fields.

State of mind_Oil and gold leaf on canvas, 30x50

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In 2004, I took a break from my humanitarian committment in the developing countries. In fact I wanted to reflect on the real effectiveness of foreign aid, as I had the impression that everything was keeping  going back to the same failed ideas that prevent most aid money from actually reaching the world’s poor.  I believe there must be another  way to reduce the suffering, and giving back dignity to the disadvantaged people. With this state of mind, I started a new life in Sicily, preparing myself for a new committment.

This painting, made using for the first time some gold leaves, remarks the beautiful chaos inside, the one that makes you aware of what your heart really beats for.

Unconditional love_Oil on canvas

This painting has been conceived and created for my friend Lydia and her newborn baby Wanja. I thought of mother and child at one with the nature, expressing their tenderness through the white flowers. The deep blue of the sea and the green and ochra of the wood surround  this hug and cherish this  profound link. No boundaries, no profiles in the figures to express a no limit horizon of unconditional love.

Vorrei dirti che ... Oil on canvas 

40x40

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Love burns _ Oil on canvas _ 58x75.5

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I momenti migliori dell’amore sono quelli di una quieta e dolce malinconia, dove tu piangi e non sai perchè e quasi ti rassegni riposatamente ad una sventura… e non sai quale. L’amore passionale, meraviglioso, caldo, ardente, impetuoso, ma prima o poi finisce, proprio perché la fiamma della smania irrazionale, inevitabilmente, nel tempo si affievolisce.

Love's best moments are those of quiet, sweet melancholy, where you weep and you don't know why, and almost resign yourself restfully to a misfortune... and you don't know which one. Passionate love, wonderful, hot, ardent, impetuous, but sooner or later it ends, precisely because the flame of irrational eagerness inevitably fades over time.

Il richiamo delle onde _ Oil on canvas _40x50

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Protect your energy

Fuga, protezione, resistenza _ Oil on canvas with golden leaf _70.5x50.5

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The  thread that resists breaks, the resilient one transforms and adapts 

Resonanz , Oil and gold leaf on canvas, 44.5x54

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Sie tanzen im Wind jeder Jahreszeit, ohne Rücksicht auf die Sonne, die im Sommer ihr Laub wärmt, und ohne Angst vor dem Schnee, der im Winter auf ihre Äste fällt. 

Sie sind die Wächter des Waldes, die über das Leben des Waldes und der umliegenden Gipfel wachen und ihren Atem in sich aufnehmen. 

Ihre Anwesenheit löst subtile und tiefe Emotionen aus, die durch den besonders intensiven Duft des Harzes und den Klang hervorgerufen werden, den ein Teil von uns, wenn auch unbewusst, hören kann.

Resonanzbäume 

Ihr Atem - im Allgemeinen der Atem der Natur - vibriert, bewegt unsere innersten Akkorde und führt zu einer vollständigen gemeinsamen Handeln.

Schau mir in die Augen

Öl auf Leinwand mit Gold

44x44

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Behind every strong person is a story that gave them no choice 

                                                                                                                         Sciatu

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Du bist das, was meine Seele atmen lässt.

Sciatu ist ein sizilianisches Wort. Wörtlich bedeutet es Atem. Für uns Sizilianer hat es eine tiefere Bedeutung. Sciatu ist Seele, Essenz, Leben, Liebe.

Schutzengel

Öl auf Leinwand

62x79

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Ein Traum von reiner Liebe

Joy as an act of resistance

Öl auf Leinwand mit Gold

44x55

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Holding

Öl auf Leinwand

62x79

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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars