I am the least creative person in the world, so I was bowled over by this creativity of his and hope that some of it might have passed on to me also! All his life he has been a very hard worker with a truck company and drove his truck for many years all over Italy and Europe, also sometimes touring with the theatre and bands/musicians. But before all of that he was always very good in building furniture and restoring antiques, so in a way I am not surprised he has come back to his first love, which is being creative and expressing himself through art or simple labour.
Over Christmas I have helped him to create his on webpage at the Saatchi Gallery, to help him showcase his art.
Here below are some of his paintings:
I am very very proud of him and I hope I can help him to achieve his dreams as he has helped me as a young girl!
6 comments:
I really like the second painting. Very cool.
That is awesome that you are helping him with the website. I suck with HTML and web design.
That was quick, I just posted this!! I have made a few changes actually, not sure if you saw the updated post or not.
I have made a resolution to keep posting more and more, so I hope I can stick to it, but I don't have a chance to keep up with you, you have quantity and quality also!
For my Dad the webpage I created for him was very easy, it was like a blog but in a gallery, so all by template, I had to do no HTML or such alien things like that!!
The second painting is a Christmas present he did for my sister and her boyfriend. They just moved in their new home and he wanted to give them something special. Thankfully they like it too!!
I hadn't seen the updated portions but just went back and read them. Potato sacks huh?
I don't know if I could do that since all of ours are plastic..grrr
I love the idea of using what you have to make art.
I thought that you were going to do a weekly post about something that you are well versed in like life in Italy or London. When are we gonna see that series start?
I love the paitings - they are amazing! But I'm just an amateur painter, so this is my own subjective opinion... :)
ryc: the Italian opening hours got be bothered, but one Italian friend just shook her shoulders when I told her, explainging to me that "Italy - chaos!"... I couldn't but to laugh!
Actually, the thing is, we get so settled into our routines, every step outside of the box bugs the hell out of us. Why? I was on vacation, not like I had anything better to do anyway! LOL
You are right Rachel, I need to get my act together!! I just can't settle on what to write about. But I will put my head into it and come up with something.
Thank you Heart of Darkness! My dad will be happy to hear that!
very cool. i never would have thought to use potato sacks as a canvas.
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