works available

My paintings range in size from very small (3″ x 4″) to 30″ x 40″.
Click or right-click and save as pdf here or on the image above
for a slideshow of work currently for sale (10MB pdf slideshow)

Prices range from $125 – $900 in this series. All work is original. Up to 15% Powell River Dollars accepted.
Please inquire for more details, listing the slide # as a reference (top right of pdf).
Shipping is possible and extra fees apply. Prices in Canadian dollars.PayPal or Debit accepted.

Opening 7-9PM April 3, 2014

Long story short: I have been working hard and want to share my stuff with you. It’s unusual, colourful and mostly abstract on wood panel. There will be over 50 works, I gather.

See some samples of my work here .

Long story long(ish): “It can’t be helped: Shoganai” is a collection of recent abstract works I have produced. I work in acrylic, beeswax, clay, ink, silk, copper, wood, buttons and other found objects in colourful, non-representational work that has key elements akin to the Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetic, of which Shoganai (the show’s subtitle) is but one aspect.

My work plays with colour, texture, basic curvilinear forms and chance operations, that keep one hand in representation, while not being ruled by it.

The cradled wood panels I primarily use, allow me to work in depth as well as manipulating the surface, using scraped, painted, scratched, polished and applied elements, while being able to build up layers of colour through the use of sgraffito and wax resist methods more familiar to the world of pottery and sculpture. Throughout, the work keeps a light touch and a film/collage aesthetic that navigates between old comic strips, mock reliquaries, abstract art, dada, arte povera, outsider art, and a bit of science fiction/fantasy.

Giovanni’s bio.