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Clochard represents that lowest point in any cycle in life ... that moment when everything seems to come to a grinding halt, there is no obvious direction in our future, and we wonder whether we would have the strength to take the next step. If you are like me, you will lean against a wall, think of everything and nothing ... wait for regeneration. But life seldom affords us the opportunity for long ... Soon Clochard will have to move, forced by circumstances ... I saw this man in Venice in late January. Alone, leaning against an old door, standing on rolled cardboard to insulate his feet from the freezing pavement. The temperature was -10 degrees Celsius and the lagoon was frozen. He was dressed as smartly as he could, I thought ... and leaning against the door are a black leather satchel and a white notebook. From his atmosphere I felt he had no idea what to try next. Perhaps he had been looking for work ... again ... that day. Perhaps he had just been fired. I sensed the presence of nature's carrion hunters beginning to circle around him ...
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:13.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in
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I am Italian-born, and grew up in Africa from the age of 12, in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia). I studied Geology and Chemistry in Cape Town, South Africa, but I was always intrigued by philosophy, and art. I sought to answer Gauguin's three questions: "Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?" by living and assisting in the development of alternative lifestyle communities. Later I worked for many years in hi-tech/internet technology in the USA, UK, and the Netherlands before moving to la Gomera, and dedicating myself to painting. Artist's Statement My inspiration are the island of la Gomera, its people, and a constant flow of personal memories. I follow a method I call "chaos-based" painting. Whether engaged with a portrait or landscape I paint my expressionistic experience of the subject. More often I like to start a canvas empty of all concepts of what might emerge, without aim nor end-result in mind. I believe true art emerges from beyond me, and I am, at best, its instrument. So although my paintings are figurative, they often begin as abstracts, gathering form over time. You may see the results in the section called Gallery - Revelations. I sign my work as "brazza" - the Italian Africa-explorer - as a reminder to keep learning, and to meet new challenges with his grace, and magnanimity. For all inquiries (availability and price of originals and prints), please contact me at mmenato@gmail.com
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