Sono un pittore autodidatta che, raggiunta l'età di ottanta anni, desidera far conoscere, tramite internet, le sue opere e mostrarle ad un pubblico più ampio ed amante della pittura.

Iniziai a disegnare con personalità propria, usando matite ed inchiostro di china, conquistando gli estimatori del chiaroscuro, che, vista la mia abilità, mi consigliarono di tentare con i colori.

Nell'anno 1951 fui assunto in un cantiere navale; questo posto era frequentato da vari pittori che mi stimolarono ancora di più ad approfondire la pittura.

Ma abbandonai ben presto i pennelli che furono sostituiti da un amore profondo per la spatola.
Con la spatola infatti riuscivo ad arricchire la pittura di materia e ad ottenere colori incontaminati.

I soggetti dei miei quadri spaziavano dalle marine (pescherecci, rimorchiatori, navi all'ancora...) ai paesaggi con colline, non trascurando operai al lavoro e fabbriche.

La mia prima mostra personale fu allestita nella galleria toscana e fui presentato dal noto critico d'arte Luigi Servolini: fu un successo.

Continuando nella ricerca del bello dipinsi nella bassa Garfagnana paesaggi con perfetto equilibrio di taglio e pieni di ariosità.

In seguito, su consiglio di mio figlio, ci recammo insieme nel carrarino alla ricerca di nuovi soggetti da dipingere.
Salendo, uno spettacolo meraviglioso apparve ai miei occhi: le cave di marmo con i loro colori tenui brillavano sotto il sole d'autunno, ed il paesaggio spaziava per decine e decine di chilometri; a ponente si vedeva il mare, a sud le colline, ed a nord estese vallate.

Affascinato da ciò che avevo visto, mi promisi, nonostante la difficoltà che avrei incontrato nel dipingere queste cave, di immortalarle nel modo in cui la vista ed il cuore me le fecero tanto amare.

I am a self-taught painter. On reaching the milestone of my eightieth birthday, I decided that the time had come for me to tap the potential of the internet by setting up this site, which allows me to exhibit some of my paintings through the web to art-lovers the world over.

As a fledgling artist way back when, I started to develop my own style using nothing more than pencils and China ink. This early work was well received by certain connoisseurs of chiaroscuro , who, recognizing that I had talent, encouraged me to try my hand at painting in color.

In 1951, I was taken on as a shipyard worker. As luck would have it, the yard was frequented by several painters who were instrumental in motivating me yet further to develop my painting style.

It didn't take me long to renounce the pleasures of the paintbrush once I embarked upon an all-consuming love affair with the pallet knife . I discovered that the pallet knife made it possible for me to enrich the texture of the paintings themselves and to achieve pure, uncontaminated colors .

The subject matter of my paintings from this period ranged from seascapes (fishing boats, tug boats, ships at anchor, etc) to landscapes , complete with gently undulating hillsides. I would also often depict shipyard workers and factories.

The first exhibition dedicated to my work was held in a gallery in Tuscany and was opened by the renowned art critic Luigi Servolini. It proved to be a resounding success .

Continuing in my quest for the beautiful, I depicted the airy landscapes of the lower Garfagnana with a perfectly balanced lightness of touch.

Later, on the advice of my son, we moved together to the Carrara area in search of new subjects to paint.

At a certain altitude, the most wonderful natural spectacle revealed itself: the marble quarries , with their subtle colors illuminated in all their majesty under the autumn sun, as the countryside rolled on for mile after mile. To the west, the sea dominated the horizon, to the south it was the hillsides, to the north endless valleys.

Fascinated by what I had witnessed, I made a promise to myself that – however difficult painting those quarries would turn out to be – I would, nevertheless, endeavor to immortalize them by capturing what it was that made me feel such love for them in my eyes and in my heart.