Sunday, November 9, 2014

No boundaries, exhibition in Los Angeles

Here are some photographs of the new gallery in Tarzana, Los Angeles of the very first collective show ever
NO BOUNDARIES

I was juried in with my piece "Family ties", here shown in various photographs. The gallery is quite impressive, which you can see partially in the following photos. Gallery preseident,  Carolyn Uhri.

The exhibition, a collection of over one hundred pieces of artwork, continues until November 22.  Information at the bottom of this page. 









Thanks to Barbara Hope for the nice photographs. 



Wednesday, October 29, 2014

No Boundaries, collective art show at the San Fernando Valley Arts Alliance

The exhibition in the new gallery San Fernando Valley Arts Alliance
 has been extended to November 22,


NO  BOUNDARIES

A view of the layout of the gallery and some of the 110 pieces present in the show. 
My artwork in the show

My piece present in the exhibition, Family Ties

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Another original shoe design created in 2004

In 2004 I designed a whole series of chocolate looking shoe sculptures.  This was one of my very chocolat-y ones, and yes, it was not easy to create! It is not chocolate but fabric, but I have fooled many with this one. 





Monday, September 29, 2014

My original DELISHOES created in 2004

In 2004 I created a full collection of shoe sculptures. The shoes were on the theme of chocolate.
Here is one of the 26 shoes created. This one was called "Grafitti", made with a real shoe and then I revised it to look like it was made of chocolate. 

Monday, August 25, 2014

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

I Vinarelli a Torgiano video, with my artwork shown





Un video creato durante l'evento i Vinarelli. Proprio alla fine del video due dei miei lavori, ed io mentre dipingo.

This is a video created during the event i Vinarelli. At the end of the video I am shown while painting, and two of my artworks can be seen.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

I Vinarelli at Torgiano 2014

Last night at Torgiano, painting on paper with wine and watercolours. during i Vinarelli.
Fun dining with a dear friend, Moreno Chiacchera and then sitting next to him as we both created our paintings. It was an occasion also to meet up with different friends who showed up for this original event in Torgiano, about twenty minutes from Perugia.

Old friend, marvelous illustrator Moreno Chiacchera using wine to paint with


Working with watercolours and wine 



Dear friends, Carlo Fatigoni video maker, artist  and Silvia 

Carlo Calderozzi, sax player showed up for the evening 

Fun photo with artist Pietro Crocchioni 

Very friendly group of artists at our table 

Work in progress 

The public walks by the tables and watches artists while they paint 
Finished piece with collage and gold paint, watercolour and wine 

A second painting, watercolour and wine 



Thursday, August 7, 2014

Watercolours for Barilla

There are a couple of little watercolours I did for a little booklet years ago sponsored by Mulino Bianco, Barilla. Each page gave hints about getting up in the morning, breakfast.

Monday, July 28, 2014

My Delishoes in New York, 2005

Here is the boutique of Stuart Weitzman on Madison Avenue in Manhattan New York, year 2005. In the window half of the collection I created for the designer directly modifying his shoes into delicious-looking chocolate Delishoes. 
 The second window display with five other shoes created on his shoes and boots. 
 Madison Avenue and the boutique of Stuart Weitzman.


In 2004 I designed a full collection of  26 shoe sculptures,  delicious looking shoes, that seemed to made from chocolate. Each shoe was a real woman's shoe, mostly high heels but smaller heels as well, some sandals, others closed shoes. Some were leather, cloth, various materials which I then turned into real sculptures that looked like chocolate. The public as well as the media was completely confused as to whether these shoes were really chocolate or not.

I used many many materials to create my collection. I had never done such a project before, but since I had had much experience with materials, was able to construct, build, and modify the many shoes to make up a collection with was called Delishoes, or at the Eurochocolate fair in Perugia, was ChocoDeliShoes.

After this experience I contacted Stuart Weitzman in New York who asked me to design a collection on his marvelous and expensive shoes. He sent me ten different styles which I worked on, mailed back and then had them displayed in windows on Madison Avenue in New York (Manhattan) at the Weitzman boutique and then in Chicago on Michigan Avenue.

The shoes then were shown in various other displays in Italy, and became about 35 shoes in all.
Here is a window display in New York and another in Chicago, year 2005.

Monday, July 21, 2014

Transformation of pencil drawings

This small coloured pencil drawing began as a simple one, without showing much force in the application of the lines of the drawing.
As I worked on it, the colours became more contrasting and the lines were drawn with more force, creating a more dynamic piece.

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Colored sketches on dark paper

Colored pencil drawings on paper. These are two of my newest ones.

Serious girl

Dark nude