Author: Francesco Mazzi
Title: Lavender Jewels
Publication: Winter 2023
Location: Japan
Genre: Figurative
Material used: Oil painting on canvas panel of 20x25x6.3cm, marble dust, gold, silver,
textured / structuring pastes. Frame made with Yoshino cedar tree wood and stones.
The finish was done with Italian paints and the colors were created in aged gold tones
the frame band measures about 6 cm, the frame size about 43x43cm.
Inspiration behind the Opera: Summer, friends and childhood.
Characteristics of the work: The prevailing colors are lavender blue and gold in all its shades.
You can smell the flowers, you can hear the buzz of bees.
Gold accentuates the theme of the precious, the bright warm shades and the rounded insects give off the warmth typical of a summer day.
Artist's comments: A light and feminine work that recalls the young age: in the lavender fields where butterflies, bees and ladybugs play.
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