60 W x 60 H x 2.5 D
Oil, 23.5k gold leaf,
hand-made embroidery (tatting) on wood
“Chiaccherino” is a tender conversation between generations, where memory, craft, and devotion intertwine. Inspired by the geometric beauty of Sicilian tiles, oil and gold shimmer across the surface, tracing patterns that seem to hum with sunlight and history. Each gilded motif carries the weight of centuries, yet the soul of the work rests in intimacy: the hand-stitched embroidery created by the artist’s mother. Her threads move across the painted surface like whispered prayers, softening the precision of the ornament with human warmth. The interplay between thread, paint, and gold transforms the canvas into a living heirloom, a vessel for lineage, love, and care. “Chiaccherino” evokes not only sight but touch and memory — a delicate meditation on the act of making, on heritage, and on the quiet grace of maternal devotion.
Chiaccherino
60 W x 60 H x 2.5 D
Oil, 23.5k and gold leaf on wood
“Fuoco & Acqua” traces the eternal dialogue of opposites: fire and water, passion and serenity, movement and reflection. Baroque patterns in oil and gold twist and ripple across the surface — flames flicker like molten lace, embers glowing, while waves shimmer with the gentle pulse of tides. Gold captures both the intensity of combustion and the clarity of flowing water, uniting energy and stillness in a single rhythm. The work meditates on transformation: how heat can purify, how motion can soothe, how extremes coexist in harmony. Each curve and flourish evokes a ritual of balance, a moment where chaos and calm meet, where light and reflection intertwine. “Fuoco & Acqua” is both elemental and human, a luminous meditation on change, resilience, and the enduring poetry of the natural world.
Fuoco & Acqua
60 W x 60 H x 2.5 D
Oil, 23.5k and gold leaf on wood
“Terra” hums with grounded energy, a hymn to earth, structure, and abundance. Its baroque ornamentation spirals in oil and gold, recalling the opulent façades and ceramic decorations of Sicilian heritage, yet each curve feels alive, rooted in memory and sensation. The surface resonates with the weight of hands that shaped clay, tilled soil, and dreamed through labor. Warmth radiates from the gilded forms, as though sunlight itself has been captured and folded into pigment. The work balances rigor and vitality, precision and organic rhythm, transforming ornament into a meditation on the natural world. “Terra” embodies the tension between permanence and renewal, a reflection on fertility, lineage, and the quiet endurance of the land that sustains both body and spirit. Each gilded flourish becomes a mark of reverence, a celebration of origin and resilience.
Terra
60 W x 60 H x 2.5 D
Oil, 23.5k and gold leaf on wood
Aria” drifts with weightless elegance. Its baroque decorations, rendered in oil and gold, seem to hover — as though sculpted from breath. The artwork evokes the invisible: wind across the sea, the murmur of wings, the trembling between silence and song. Each curve and flourish feels airborne, refined into near disappearance. The gold glows faintly, not as ornament but as light itself, suspended in reverence. “Aria” is the element of freedom — unbound, untethered, ephemeral. It invites stillness within movement, urging the viewer to listen to what cannot be seen. A composition of grace and clarity, it celebrates the sublime transparency of being.
Aria
60 W x 60 H x 2.5 D
Oil, 23.5k and gold leaf on wood
“Rinella”
Softer, yet equally restless, “Rinella” glows with coastal rhythm. Oil, gold, and spray intertwine like sea foam against old stone. Tradition bends toward rebellion, reverence mingles with salt and light. It is the song of islands — layered, imperfect, alive. Ornament breathes again, finding freedom in impermanence.
“Lampedusa”
Across the horizon, “Lampedusa” appears — an island of gilded tension. Baroque flourishes gleam beneath the raw urgency of spray paint, where heritage and upheaval collide. The work carries wind, salt, migration. Gold endures amid the pulse of aerosol, the past refracted through the present. It is a hymn to survival, to crossing and becoming.
Rinella & Lampedusa
60 W x 60 H x 2.5 D
Oil, 23.5k and gold leaf on wood
“Estate”
The air thickens with light — “Estate” unfurls in radiant golds and warm oils, celebrating the abundance of being. The baroque curves sway like ripened fruit, fragrant and full. Joy hums beneath every flourish, an ode to fullness, laughter, and the generosity of time. It is the season of saturation — color, heat, and gratitude intertwined.
“Primavera”
And then, renewal. “Primavera” opens with tenderness, a bloom after quiet. Gold traces awaken like veins of sunlight through green memory. Each ornament leans toward possibility, fragile yet certain. The cycle closes as it began — in care, in light, in devotion to making. “Primavera” is promise reborn, the eternal return of beauty to the hand that creates.
Estate & Primavera
30 W x 30 H x 2 D
Oil, 23.5k and gold leaf on wood
A triptych of serenity and strength, it captures the eternal dialogue between fragility and faith. Three doves, sculpted in ethereal tones of white and grey, rise and fall against a backdrop of ornate Sicilian motifs — dark, baroque patterns laced with gold that shimmer like sacred whispers. The contrast between the heavy, gilded design and the lightness of flight evokes a sense of transcendence: even in the darkest sky, wings find their way toward the light.
Each circular form becomes a portal — a moment frozen between life and afterlife, sorrow and renewal. The first dove appears grounded, its wings weighted by silence; the second, mid-flight, gathers courage; the third ascends freely, an emblem of unbroken hope. Together, they narrate a quiet resurrection, an ode to endurance and spiritual grace.
Through its restrained palette and tactile relief, the artwork speaks of timeless beauty — where loss meets light, and the soul, like gold beneath shadow, never ceases to shine.
Dove Collection
30 W x 30 H x 2 D
Oil, 23.5k and gold leaf on wood
A delicate harmony of tradition and modernity unfolds through this mini series, where each circular piece becomes a window into the soul of Mediterranean artistry. Inspired by the timeless allure of Sicilian tiles, these works reinterpret ancient patterns with a contemporary rhythm — fragments of memory united by gold, symbol of light and rebirth. The wood, hand-painted in oil, preserves the warmth of craftsmanship, while the gold leaf glows like a whisper of the divine, revealing the sacred beauty hidden in simplicity. Together, these four creations tell a story of roots, transformation, and eternal balance — where the past and the present meet in a silent dance of colours and light.