My Marilyn

Bajo la sombra  /    2016  /  Pastel on Paper  /    20x24  /   $800.00

Deslumbrada /    2016  /  Pastel on Paper  /    20x24  /   $800.00

El Vestido Blanco /    2016  /  Pastel on Paper  /    43x19  /   $1,100.00

La Espumita  /    2016  /  Pastel on Paper  /    43x19  /   $1,100.00

El Beso al aire  /    2016  /  Pastel on Paper  /    27x27  /   $900.00

Marilyn In Miami  /   2016  /  Pastel on Paper  /  36x44  /   $3,000.00

Hilvanada 1/  2016  /  Pastel on Paper  /  24 1/2 x29 /   $800.00

Hilvanada 2/  2016  /  Pastel on Paper  /  24 1/2 x29 /   $800.00

2015/ Green-leaf butterflies

Green-leaf Butterflies was commissioned by Mark Antonelli as a present for his soon-to-be wife Danielle Rizzo. 
Originally, the idea was to present a woman with her back to the observer, quietly looking through a window. In the process, I included a gentleman facing the viewer, who is looking at her. All this underlines the act of observation, echoed by the viewer watching looking at her, and watching her through a large mirror standing on the wooden floor. The observer my be located outside the house, possibly in the same world the green-leaf butterflies inhabit, and maybe, the woman is not only looking at them, but at us.
The piece incorporates Art-Deco themes with abstractionism. The strokes of pastel are curvilineal traces which add movement to the quiet static moment, bringing out the inner feelings of the characters. 
The burst of color happen to the right, inside the mirror, where the woman's intimate moment is captured in a vignette, and to the left, where the man is sitting observing. 
The main figures are separated in different realities, only connected by the flower of the mirror frame touching the frame of the chair where the man is siting. 
The man is dressed in a suit, while the woman only carries a long tank top. 
To the man, she is an object of desire framed in the art-deco flower-theme of the mirror. The woman, on the other hand, is is liberated and enjoying the outside natural world, as she is also nested in a natural-themed environment.

Portraits

Wilsen Negretti (April 2010) Private Collection.

This portrait was unofficially commissioned. It was given as a gift.

Young Serafina ( May 2010) Private Collection

I finished this portrait of my grandmother days before she passed away. I showed it to her but, even if her eyes were open, she was already leaving us slowly. I'd like to think she actually saw it and that it gave her peace and made her feel loved. It depicts a young Serafina, still living in Sicily, Italy, always bright and happy, with an impressive inner beauty. For many years it would be the last work I completed, until I slowly jumped back to my paintings.

Sunset Blvd.

Elizabeth, 2004. 29x29. Pastel on paper. $5,500.00

Laureen, 2004 29x29. Pastel on paper. $5,500.00

Lana, 2004 29x29. Pastel on paper. $5,500.00

Jean, 2004 29x29. Pastel on paper. $5,500.00

Jane, 2004 29x29. Pastel on paper. $5,500.00

Marlene, 2004 29x29. Pastel on paper. $5,500.00

Vivien, 2004 29x29. Pastel on paper. $5,500.00

Viv Norma. 2004 29x29. Pastel on paper. $5,500.00

Greta, 2004 20,5x20,5. Pastel on paper. $2,500.00

Greta II, 2007 20,5x20,5. Pastel on paper. $2,500.00

Carole, 2004  21x45. Pastel on paper. $7,000.00

I've heard the mermaids sing

Portraits

Aunt Nunzia in the Morning Train  14,5 x 18,5. Pastel on paper
Private Collection
My Aunt Nunzia was pregnant with one of my cousins. She was traveling through Europe and she says she looked terrible when she had her picture taken. Why did you choose this picture? I even had bags under my eyes! she told me. I replied, Aunt, do you see any eyes in this rendition?

On a rainy night, in a tropical island, he was waiting.
Pastel on paper.

Serafina. Pastel on paper.
Private collection

Je t'embrasse

Je t'embrasse I. Pastel on paper. $10,000.00

Je t'embrasse II. Pastel on paper. $10,000.00

Je t'embrasse III. Pastel on paper. $10,000.00