I would like to thank you all for coming yesterday evening and thank Matthew Ellul and the whole team the beautiful Casa Ellul and Risette Restaurant for opening their doors once again to my Art.
Along with the scenographic setting of Valletta this time my eye has been drawn to people, characters inhabiting the street spaces. While Valletta is a compact urban bustling city there are also shades of green. I long for green. The green gives me a feeling of tranquillity and peace – something we need more than ever. The City Life is only sustainable if we also nurture the green spaces. I wanted the colours of the exhibition to be vibrant like a garden in full bloom. Deep down I am also an Architect, so the architecture of the city, the scenography, bridges criss-crossing street spaces, cupolas on the skyline, captivating harbour views, cats and characters and are all ingredients of the city I use to create compositions on the canvas.
Alongside the paintings are my Sculptures of the Embryonic Rolling Horse – whilst in Valletta we see horse drawn carriages – this is a horse at play, not working in the hot sun but under the cool tree canopy of Floriana. In the coming weeks this sculpture full size will be placed near the Wignacourt Water tower and fountain where the horses drink.
One flower featuring in the show is my wonderful fiancé Keely -she is my love and muse appearing on canvas including the ‘Bladerunner’ strait streetscape; and as I have been told on several occasions a love transcending bright colours into my brush strokes of my latest artworks! Keely’s equestrian expertise and sensitivity has also been instrumental in my development of the embryonic horse sculpture – understanding the horse anatomy and sharing a care for the wellbeing of animals and humans alike.
In the coming days and weeks I welcome you to take the opportunity to pop in at Risette & Casa Ellul and experience the Valletta City Life paintings blooming in full colour along with the playful Embryonic Horse Sculpture.
