Poetry in lines and colors

“Black birds storms appear in the air,  a dark prophecy over Rouen sky” Last October I was asked to contribute with an illustration to a limited edition of a book celebrating 40 years of career of  Italian singer and composer Alice . I immediately thought about illustrating the few verses above, taken  from a song by Italian musician Mino diMartino , included in Alice ’s latest cd “Samsara”. The text of the song is an intimate, evocative portrait of Joan of Arc, strange topic enough for a pop music song! This is the genesis of this acrylic on paper (cm 30 x cm 25), which I titled “Il Cielo di Rouen” (Rouen Sky). Hope you like it!

this is one of my illustrations winner of the third prize in an Italian Children books Illustration Competition called " La Casa della Fantasia 2011". The topic of the competition was the 150th Anniversary of Italian unification. The title of this illustration is “24 th June 1859” , the date of  the battle in San Martino which took place during the second Italian Independence War. The technique is a mixed media, acrylic and collage on paper. Hope you like it!