Prints

portraits of Alan, each print is unique , a charcteristic of the process typical of the intrinsic quality of linocut prints, especially under the guidiance of Professor Manfredi

portraits of Gabriel

chinese still life- cooking utensils as subject matter was my first linocut ever made, with each single print being of a different touch, be it color, form, or treatment of overall unity, such as the tinting of the final coat applied to the image, after perhaps some additional touch of watercolor, a...

some figures were being taken away during the process when over abundundent elements seemed to be distractive

This series of multiple images, with each single print being made totally different, due only to touches of colors and the non application of a color on a successive passage - such process gave me new insight on the multiplication of images - no longer identical images would be considered the only a...

each process in this earliest experiment was guided personally by Professor Manfredi

Picasso began to discover linocut prints only at the age of sixty- four, said Professor Manfredi
I was so lucky to be guided by someone as creative as Picasso

so at one point after I finished the course, I bought myself a printing press and began to print at home.
The subject matter was the wild boars, which I happened to encounter in the countryside, where I rented a studio

I prepared quite a few ink paintings of the wild boars before doing the linocut prints
Those were the days that I was delighted to draw all the animals I encountered in the countryside, making stories about them as if they were friends in real life

then one day, the owner decided to sell all his wild boars, kept before in a huge area of land

there were over fifty of them, and the oldest one is named Nonno, the grandfather

the tiny one has only three legs, and so we nicked name him little three legged one

the most dramatic moment was when the grandfather was being put in the cage, to be transported to another place for a future yet unknown

at one point, I had an idea to move back to Canada, especially after the wild boars were gone, leaving me with less interesting subject matter to be inspired with- so a O Canada print was made, in 13 editions, except for artists' proofs, when I was granted Canadian citizenship

if I remember correctly, I must have sent 12 or 13 original prints, with each one being slightly different in the application of colors on the bodies of the blue jays, to Ottawa, Canada to commemorate that occasion

the oxherding sequence was my constant referral as subject matter
The boy ridding the ox was a print made during my student period under the guidiance of Professor Manfredi
Some prints were being touched up by him, in watercolor.
This print with the wildboars was also intervened partially by him, on...

watercolor done in Edmonton , Canada in 2002 in order to eventually realise some linocut prints

watercolor studies in Canada 2002 during a trip to Elk Island for realising eventually a story written by Antonio

preparation of watercolor series: chinese tea to eventually realise linocut prints

some older Chinese still-lifes series, as inspiration for linocut prints, due to the simplicity of brush works and color patches easily to be patterned into several sets of linocut plates- in order to print
the cat series has been made into linocut
Several were being intervened personally by Profess...

watercolor sketches ( colored pencils with watercolor ) were done for the series of greeting cards, titled Chinese horoscope, realised for Kam's Art Gallery in Hong Kong, a project commissioned by my sister

oxherding sequence, a zen story which I perhaps came across in 1980, during my short stay in London, at the bookshop of Tate gallery ( Thames and Hudson - Zen )

these drawings were preparation sketches for realising some linocut prints, but only a couple were made
Such drawings were inspired by a set of old Chinese paintings, which were more detailed in the ways of execution

in search of one's anima, a western way of seeing this zen story was also my young way of looking at things, at that age when I had no worries about anything, except in the making of art

ink drawings or watercolor paintings were mostly done to perhaps suggest further linocut prints

ink painting subject matter suggested by someone in need of such or a simple jotting down of an image which also inspired a quick note of poetic thought

Guilin images done on location, 1983

from Guilin in 1983 to Rome in 2010

watercolors, from Guilin to Florence , from Florence to Rome, as a tourist

sketches of animal made during visit of the zoo in Italy

paintings of animals -acrylic on Chinese silk or on paper, eventually suggested linocut prints
seals were also made to accompany signatures signed on some chinese ink paintings

an old drawing done in 1983 to recall Paolo the cat, a toy given to me by my friend's mother ( Susie, thank you )

original linocut posters in limited editions were made for my exhibitions held in Florence, hand printed with old techniques of typo printing, by Mavida
The two prints with a lady portrait and a lady with oriental dress were realised for an exhibition of one single painting for a Fashion boutique, i...

chinese poem with flower motifs were realised in linocut prints, sometimes in subtle washed out gradations in order to assimilate Chinese ancient paper for letter writing
An image of Tai Chi Master Tung was made for my friends who are the followers of Master Tung ( descendent of Chang San Fung ), an...

a poster realised by Mavida of Reggio Emilia, on the occasion of a retrospective 1983-1993, ( of acrylic paintings and ink paintings ) held in Florence 1993

rotolo of the story of a cat, done in Florence before moving to Canada

story of the cats , on rotolo, acrylic on rice paper: an invented story to recall my stay in a studio space in Florence, rented between 1995-2001

O Canada and the wild boar with maple leaf, 1992-1993, linocut prints in limited editions
Kindly let me know if anyone is in the posession of wild boar and maple leaf. If it is not signed and given to me as a gift, it is then considered a stolen piece

Hong Kong, China, linocut prints with two birds were made after Hong Kong's return to China
they are considered to be stamps
Then some prints were printed on raw silk, which led to the realisation of a top, with quite a few original prints

the boy and the Ox , a print in 97 editions was commissioned by Mavida, Reggio Emilia, one of the very few high quality hand printing art book publishers in Italy, realising artists ' books from the idea of concieving to the final realisation - all handmade, handbound, with traditional typo techniqu...