Grass

“The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.”
Henry Miller

Lunch in the sun

Unsettled weather, but if sunny, people take possession of the tables outside the restaurants.

A Day in Venice

An average quiet day, in a working-class Venetian area...

Clothes Lines

A nice and quiet place, off the beaten tracks...

Dark Water

The face of the water, in time, became a wonderful book- a book that was a dead language to the uneducated passenger, but which told its mind to me without reserve, delivering its most cherished secrets as clearly as if it uttered them with a voice. And it was not a book to be read once and thrown aside, for it had a new story to tell every day.
Mark Twain

Playing Soccer

A ball game on a beautiful Venetian campo. A little break for those foreign students visiting Venice.

Serenity

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
Henri Matisse

Time for a Spritz

Campari... Aperol... Due Spritz per favore!

Laurea

Many large posters, with a humorous biography of the newly graduate, decorate the walls around Campo Santa Margherita. "Dottore..."

Not dark yet

Shadows are falling and I’ve been here all day...
Bob Dylan

A Tribute to Hugo Pratt

A great Venetian shop for the Corto Maltese's fans at the Venezia Foto Factory which opened in 2010. Being a Hugo Pratt's fan I've loved the reproductions on canvas of some of the most beautiful drawings of the master...
Next time you'll be in Castello, it's on Barbaria delle Tolle, right near campo San Giovanni e Paolo.

I Walk Alone

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
and I'm the only one and I walk alone

I walk alone
I walk alone

I walk alone
I walk a..
Green Day

Lunch break

Some good friends, a day off school, a hearty meal... and Venice! Pure happiness!

Sun Umbrellas

A terrace, sun umbrellas, young leaves on the trees... Spring seems to be here for real!

Green Leaves of Spring

Such a pleasure to see green leaves again on the Viale Giuseppe Garibaldi trees...

Masks

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Oscar Wilde

Awakening City

The first morning steps in the heart of the city are always a treat. Workers, students, joggers, maybe some late and quiet reveller... Very soon will come the parties of tourists, following their guide, microphone in one hand and in the other one a flashy flag to be seen by the group.

Shadows on the Piazetta

Such a timeless city, so similar to what it was in the 17th, 18th or 19th centuries.

Marble Lace

Facing the Grand Canal, the chiselled facade of one of the most beautiful palaces in Venice.

Love at First Sniff

Bath perfumes and salts, displayed like cheeses in a shop window...

Praise the Bridge

“Let every man praise the bridge that carries him over”