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I believe in trees, acrylics on canvas, 59 x 46 cm, 2012

Not quite there yet… already several studies following the initial sketch.

Trees believe in me, initial sketch, 2011

I believe in trees (study), acrylics on canvas, 100 x 75

The funeral party (wake for a woodworm), 2010, acrylics on canvas, 151 x 90 cm

The real wake is not actually around the coffin, but on the lid, a very small scene. Hopefully the observer should have to look for the detail and then understands the title and subtitle. I was initially undecided between “The funeral party” and “Wake for a woodworm,” chose the first, but then my sister Kathy said that it had to be Wake for a woodworm so I added it as a subtitle.

The funeral party (wake for a woodworm), detail

The picture developed from an earlier study, I was doing realistic paintings of wood at that time (2007).

Wake for a woodworm. 2007, acrylics on canvas, 90 x 60 cm

And so, the thought came, rather than just painting any old piece of wood, where would a good place for this wake be?

Wake for a woodworm (detail)

The tyre shop miracle, 2011, acrylics on canvas, 60 x 60 c

This is a painting based on something that I see most days when I’m cycling in Milan. There are several tyre-change shops that have a stack of tyres outside, presumably to catch attention. It struck me that rubber is extracted from trees and transformed by an industrial procedure, and so I imagined inverting the process as it were.
The original sketch drawing was pretty much the same, I just added some background.

Initial sketch for The tyre shop miracle

Questo quadro deriva da una scena che vedo quasi tutti i giorni quando sono in bicicletta a Milano. Ci sono diversi gommisti che, per attrare l’attenzione, impilano delle gomme fuori sul marciapiede. Considerando che la gomma viene estratto da un albero e trasformato attraverso procedure chimiche-industriali, immaginavo la possibilità di invertire il procedimento.
Lo schizzo originale non è molto diverso dal quadro finale, al quale ho soltanto aggiunto qualche elemento di sfondo e di prospettiva.

DJ Banzi Natural Selector, 2011, acrylics and faux gold on canvas, 50 x 70 cm

DJ Banzi suona all’Arci Magnolia, sull’Idroscalo, il 27 agosto 2011… e tante altre volte in luoghi frequentati da funghi cool