Author: Francesco Mazzi
Successful self-taught artist who has always been passionate about art ;resident in Japan where from February 2020 he opened his art company MAZZI FINE ARTS, created the MF logo and registered an international 3D patent FRAME PUSH UP to present his works `` out of the frame '
Title: The Tree of the Sun
Dating: Summer 2020
Production: Japan / Italy
Genre: Figurative
Material used: Oil paint on canvas 40x40cm 4.5cm thick, hot glue, plaster, material / structuring pastes, resin-based paints Frame made with ultra-centenary woods the finish includes both gouache and mission gilding (glossy and opaque) that follows the natural movement of the material
Inspiration behind the Work: The symbol of the tree, universal model that unites the earth and the sky, a powerful image shared by all peoples. The sun and its rays source of life and light, knowledge, supremacy and illumination.
Characteristics of the work: The colors are gold, orange and red stimulating warm colors, the use of various shades creates reflections of the metal surfaces the tone is bright, a feeling of strength and energy dominates; the composition enjoys harmonized realistic reliefs to form the outline of a tree, the work is strongly material, austere, minimal; conceived and developed together with the work of the `` Drago dell`Amiata ''
Comments from the artist:
An energetic, imposing and sunny work whose experience has been developed in places with an ancient historical memory: the island of Ventotene, the Temple of Jupiter in Terracina and the archaeological museum of Sperlonga.
Art enriches life and its ultimate function is to make people happier.
`` Be inspired by myths and legends to create objects with their own memory and strength ''
Francesco Mazzi