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I’m a italian visual artist.I draw,paints professionally since the far 1995….I’m totally and proudly a self-taught artist….I’m an illustrator….painter,photographer,journalist free lance,collagist,tarotologist….

‘’… my art is Freaky,stylish,anarchic,colorful, raw and dreamy, romantic,linear, twisted…’’so he says abot his art……it’s contemporary  with a touch ,sometimes smooth other strong,weird,anarchic, schizophrenic….as me…..’’

‘’I’m a professional artist since the far 1995…I’ve started to publish my weird illustrations in black and white on many many zines arount the world…I’ve drawn only on black and white with tons of black Indian ink for 13-14 years….in these last years I needed of colours and to experiment with all I had at hands….in all these years I’ve published my artworks on a lot of zines,magazines….collaborated with artists,labels….exhibited in a lot of galleries…..made a lot of mail art….ecc….I’m here again….I love my work….becouse I’ve created it every day with much love ,passion,patience…because I feel totally free in all I create…..I feel myself…All my life drives me to create…It’s wonderful to know that everyday I can paint all the day…It’s a wonderful ‘’work’’ and a fantastic way to live…or better I feel alive only so…and I cannot to live without to live so….with my art’’

‘’…For the first 13 years I’ve drawn only in black and white with tons of black Indian ink…I’m interested in fashion…weird fashion,underground comics,horror movies, old photos of war….animals,food,especially meat….gorgeous flowers…..all the people I encounter….the music I listen…’’

‘’ …I need first of good music to start…my day….my creative day…then…I don’t know never what I’ll do…I watch a lot of stuff…my eyes go on something…the game start…I love to cut and paste things…images,things,…in a new ways….the result is always new naturally….like us….we’re all different and the same…we mix our feelings,our thoughts every minute of our days each other….I take then amongst all my thoughts 1 idea….and I work on it again and again….cutting it,painting it,pasting on it a lot of weird materials,hitting it with many many  colours,black lines  …the result…I don’t know what I’ll create every time….I like to play so…’’

‘’… Many many artists inspire me and I’m in total love with their works…I’m inspired from  a lot of things really….weird fashion,underground comics,ancient story, Kundalini yoga,Qi Gong,Tarots(I created some tarot decks and I’m  a professional tarot reader), Diamanda Galas,Ghedalia Tazartes,Miles Davis,Patty Waters,Coil,Shirley Horn….Sun Ra…The Incapaciptans,Merzbow…a lot of other….the people I encounter,the red wine I drink….’’

‘’…I’m working on some artworks for a show in Detroit  I’ll do in the next months,and I’ve to prepare something for other 2 shows always in the next months….I’ve started just in these days my new tarot deck and my new comic book….working on some t-shirts….a lot of interesting things yes….!’’

‘’I want to continue to create for the rest of my life because I want that my life is a continue joyful celebration …a continue infinite celebration of art!’’