Images on this page are some drawings and paintings I've done in last years. I Began to draw at high school, with indian ink nibs, and so, drawing after drawing I developed a long lasting passion... Here you can find a small selection of my works.
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SCIRBIA
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Drawn in 1982, on an agenda sheet. Celebrates the love I had for a girl at high school. Silvia was in my mind for all high school period. She never knows anything of my love.
A FAIRY Tale JPG - 1024x768 (55Kb) JPG - Full Size (790Kb)
Drawn approximately in 1983, during high school period. Nordic mithology has been always in my mind, as you can see.
I copied this picture from the book "Faeries" by Brian Froud and Alan Lee.
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Drawn in 1983, during high school period. This was the cover of a parish newspaper. Celebrates the opening of a new church.
SKATING Away On the Thin Ice of The New Day JPG - 1024x768 (126Kb) JPG - Full Size (790Kb)
Drawn approximately in 1983, during high school period. The paper is a sheet from an agenda . One of my first experiments in drawing in indian ink and colors.
SHE'S A LADY
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Drawn in 1985, during university period. The song is the final cut of "The Musical Box", Genesis, 1971.
BIRRA A PIOGGIA
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Drawn in 1987, during university period, using high school drawings themes and characters. Celebrates the reunion with two school friends.
DON'T YOU Forget About Me
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Drawn in February1992. This was a period of high emotional agitations. Celebrates an impossible love.
E TI VENGO A CERCARE
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Drawn in late 1992 for my wife Daniela. The text is a song by the Italian poet and singer Franco Battiato: "E ti vengo a cercare".
BIRRA A PIOGGIA II (Second Beer Raining) JPG - 1024x768 (309Kb)
Drawn in 1993. Same concept of previous one, with different characters. Celebrates a PUB of a friend of mine, in which at the time I always meet with friends.
Unfinished Nightmare
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Drawn during several years, and not yet finished. Really I don't know what it its meaning....
J.R.R. Tolkien's MIDDLE EARTH (Black & White)
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Drawn in 2002. It took me a year of work. It's the combination of several Tolkien maps. It represents the Midlle Earth as describe in the Silmarillion and in the Lord of the Rings. This is BEFORE I colored it.
J.R.R. Tolkien's MIDDLE EARTH
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Colored in late 2002. Same description of previous image.
J.R.R. Tolkien's SMAUG Dragon (Black&White)
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Drawn in 2003. It represents SMAUG, the dragon from the Tolkien's novel "The Hobbit" - This scan is BEFORE I colored it
J.R.R. Tolkien's SMAUG Dragon
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Colored in late 2003. Same description of previous image.
J.R.R. Tolkien - Dragon from the Fall Of Gondolin
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January 2004. A scene from the Silmarillion. This is a test drawn with pencil, for a large picture. I hope I will find the time to complete it.. :-)