The Serpent Angel soared fromt the abyss, it brought with himself the halo of something sacred and horrifying at the same. After having painted it, I had to dig into
Somehow I fell in love with armored trains. Those powerful dominators of flat lands where roads melted in mud. Majestic and vulnerable at the same time. Monuments to steel, to
While hiking in the woods, I suddenly faced a deer. Its abrupt epiphany and sudden disappearance let me think of the legend of Saint Hubertus. So, if transformation can take
Some people have faces not of their own, some people wear them so well. Some people can afford to create a legend upon their own faces. This is inspired by
I often fall in love with a meanigful face, for burnig eyes. When this happens, I physically need to paint a portrait as a hommage and then… everything turns out
A one night standing, years ago, then a dream. James Ellroy’s (best) novel lent me the name for it. Los Angeles, mid ’50s. A club. Citylights and the streets, she
He was courageous, elegant and rich. Honor was his code. Charismatic enough to lead the wild cossack sotnias. Too late at the head of the White Army, he forbid his
All of us have passed through those lonely, rainy nights, when midnight’s over, friend and love long gone. Too much smoke, too much booze, maybe more stuff loading us. The
Yggrdrasill, the Horse of Yggr – the sacred Ashtree. Wotan suspended himself to one of its branches, pulled out his own eye, went through death, three wolves owling at his
This one too is about magic. A maze of words, almost spells. Magic movements across a wood of birches at night. The deadly dance of the Borzoi – the fast
Lou Reed once again. Street Hassle, his poisonous album widely inspired by his transgender muse Rachel Humphreys. Lyrics: pure Delmore Schwartz – style. Theme: the underworld of transvestites and junkies,
A Magician myself, sometyimes I can see the future of others’, never mine. And I really enjoy tarot divination when performed by friends always on the move, dedicated to individual
Serpent-Angel – Medusa