Landscape Paintings

Since I moved to Tuscany, I started a landscape painting series called “I hear you; I am listening.” This is an ongoing exploration of going beyond the act of painting en plein air and seeking to connect with nature and listen to her using all my senses. I have only lived in Tuscany for five years, but as the years continue, I witness the patterns and the cycles of the changing landscapes, the seasons, the harvests, the rains, the winds, the sunsets, the wildflowers, and the agriculture . . . I find myself deeply interwoven in her life force. With my landscape paintings, I seek to go deeper than just a visual representation of the gorgeous and iconic place of Tuscany that I am fortunate to call my home.

Red Poppies and Quinciano

Sunflowers and the Hot Dry Summer #3

Sunflowers and the Hot Dry Summer #2

Sunflowers and the Hot Dry Summer #1

Sunflower Asking to Be Heard. The Summer is Too Hot.

Sunflowers and Friends

The Romance of the Sunflowers.

Sunset Painting and Transformations.

Sunrise in Asciano. Homage to the Sun.

The Eternity of Tuscan Rolling Hills and Cypresses.

Montalcino and the Yellow Vineyards at Castello Tricherchi.

Portraiture

Portrait painting is my roots and my heart in painting. As much as the landscape connects me to a place, it’s the people who keep me there or keeps me coming back. I recently lamented to myself that I did not do a landscape painting of each special place in the world that I have traveled and lived, but I am just realizing now that I have indeed painted a portrait of some of the people who have touched my heart from those places.

Brooke, Tuscany.

Matteo, My Brother-in-Law, Tuscany

Lara, Tuscany

Harnoop, Tuscany

English Woman with Cool Sunglasses

Shannon the Mermaid, Tuscany

Matteo in his Living Room, Tuscany

Massimiliano, 15 minute Portrait.

Farah, My Daughter, Sleeping, Tuscany

My son Bruno, Who Really Wanted to Be a Cheetah - Tuscany

Gloria, My Niece, Tuscany

Niccolo, My Nephew, Tuscany

Self Portrait, NYC

Massimiliano, My Husband, Reading - NYC.

Amore Smell the Barbaresco. Wine and Massi - NYC

Massimiliano, Living Together in Prospect Park , Brooklyn - NYC

Donald, Childhood Friend from NY. RIP.

Caribbean Art, Turk and Caicos

It was in Turks and Caicos during the 1990s that I truly discovered myself as an artist. I had met a band of Rastafarians in a local part of the town called King’s Town and they asked me to paint their portraits. It was during that trip that I realized that I could paint portraits. Over the years I developed deep friendships with many of them and have traveled to the island for over thirty years. I lived on the island for a year in the early 2000s and sold my work through the local gallery. My brother Michael still lives on the Island and owns a restaurant called Bugaloo’s Conch Crawl in Five Cayes.

Dread and Baldhead, Kingstown, Provo, T&C

Shabba, Kingstown, Turks & Caicos

Shaq, Kingstown, Turks & Caicos

Shabba, Grace Bay Beach, Turks & Cacios

Shabba, Turks and Caicos

Shabba, Nightlight, Kingstown, T & C.

Shabba Smoking a Spliff on Grace Bay - Memory

Commission, Grace Bay, Turks and Cacios

Commission, Long Bay, T & C.

Kingstown, Herb Smoking Only, T & C

Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos

Where the White Man Lives, Blue Hills, T & C.

The Conch Stand, Blue Hills, T & C

Keino, Turks and Caicos

Belize, central america

When I was 15 and living in NYC, I spent the summer in a small town called Bullet Tree Falls in Belize, Central America. It was a life changing experience. It took me another six years to finally return back to Belize and the family that I had lived with - but after that I visited often, until I finally tried living there, in the jungle for half a year in the early 2000s. I wish I produced more art during my time in Belize, but I guess it being such an adventurous place I was always on the go.