VERSATILE THREADS

thread on canvas, work in progress, 20x20cm

SUN & ROSES...

Similarly to Collis, I too began to look at the complete replacement of the medium (of paint) with a visual impression of its elements (colour and physicality/texture). I suppose that here the ambition lay in the attempt to highlight the qualities of something which is no longer before the accustomed eye; to reconstruct a memory of it.

This is an example of my work:

 'Alcuni uomini trasformano il sole in un puntino giallo, 

                                    altri trasformano un puntino giallo in sole'

                                        thread on fabric, 20 x 20cm, SOLD

'I’d rather have white roses on my table
than diamonds on my neck'
thread on linen, 20 x 20cm, SOLD

(I have just thought about the title I gave to this piece above and would like to add:

'...specially if the table is by Susan Collis!')

STITCHING DROPS

My aim is to mimic pictorial accidents, or occurrences, by replacing altogether the most fundamental medium; in my paintings, in fact, there is no trace of paint yet its presence is still traceable. The explanation to this lies in the long process of combining and then eliminating, one by one, all the media involved in my work at a particular moment in time, until paint itself was no longer needed, for its essence had been transposed onto the other compositional elements of my work, most of all: thread.

'Zeffiretto', thread on linen, 20 x 20cm, SOLD

'The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain', 

Thread on canvas, 92 x 92cm

As an important and foremost contingent aspect of my practice, time is essential for the development of my ideas of imitation, however, it becomes the contrasting element of my work, for the execution of a paint drop, which is normally created in seconds, takes much longer when reproduced by stitching its features on canvas. 


'The Fountain of Good', 
Thread on canvas, 
20 x 20cm, SOLD

I wanted to use paint's density and texture, but without actually painting.