Painter
So my Being has a dual nature; the world I see and the image of the world inside of me. Given this, a person who paints does not necessarily appropriate the world like in photography. Input from the eyes is not simply ‘registered’ in the mind as if it was governed by my physical vision. …
My body is together in the world. It is both visible and mobile. What is outside is not cut off but prolonged by itself in a physical way. Both sensed and sensing, my body is undivided. Interiority is equal to the material world; not coming first or resulting from it. The eye and the mind …
This writing is an attempt to analyse the essay by Maurice Merleau-Ponty titled ‘Eye and Mind’ and direct some of the ideas towards an understanding of my own art. My first consideration deals with the current scientific mindset which tends to objectify and reduce the experience of the world to a process of collection and …
On Wednesday, it rained all day. I was undecided to go painting on Thursday morning but I prepared everything in the evening just in case. The forecast said it was going to rain in the afternoon on Thursday but not the morning. So I woke up early and packed everything into the car. After 5 …
refuge /ˈrɛfjuːdʒ/n shelter or protection, as from the weather or danger any place, person, action, or thing that offers or appears to offer protection, help, or relief Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French from Latin refugium, from refugere to flee away, from re- + fugere to escape I think of painting as a refuge but …
Sunday afternoon. I prepare everything to paint in the centre. It’s a beautiful sunny day although the temperature is chilly. I know where I want to go and immediately find parking. There are a lot of tourists wandering around but I am able to carry my equipment down the steps to the embankment of the …
Painting outdoors requires special considerations. One of these considerations is the individual working space. When artists work in a studio, the space is defined by a physical room. This means that the space can be altered to taste and utility according to the individual’s work habits. The choice of a studio is usually a primary …
Everything becomes a little more difficult as the dimension increases. What I mean is: I am painting outside with bigger canvases and I am aware of the exponentially growing difficulties. Let me just make a short list of things I have discovered. Firstly, you use a lot of paint and turpentine. Some colours are costly …
Waking up before sunrise lets you see the city in a totally different way. Apart from the obvious contrast between activities done at night and those done during the day, there is something extremely magical in the dark morning that makes you feel that the world is under water. In Italian, you would say ‘ovattato’ …
I’ve recently finished a big project involving a video, a graphic novel, and an installation. Some parts are still to be actualized. Along with all of this business, the weather has been somewhat miserable: rain, grey skies and cold temperatures. So painting outside has been put on a back burner. But Sunday, the sun came …