And a glimpse of that reality is kept in every one of my glass paintings.... And a glimpse of that reality is kept in every one of my glass paintings....
I use the ancient technique of reverse glass painting. I love glass because it has its own life, and, in a subtle way, it takes you inside the old time lores. The metal leaf, the ink and the oil colours, mixed up with bronze, complete the sense
of time, past and present together, as if each work opens a secret gate to another life...
The technique itself implies a lot of work. When painting on the back of the glass, the first element painted is the first seen on the other side. Of course things may change during the process (they often do), but the general feeling / the emotion that inspired me remains. The second step is to “put” the ideeas on glass (I use black ink). The next step (not compulsory) is to make accents with bronze or metal leaf; than, finally, the most important and dinamic stage is to add colours, so that the glass comes to life. I use layers of oil colours and I mix them on my pallete, or directly on glass, to achieve the profoundness I need.
