I have a YouTube channel where I mainly talk about pictorial and graphic technique, and it is dedicated to those who are learning to paint and draw, but not only to them, but to all the people who like to deepen their knowledge of artistic technique.
I share on the channel the realisation of a simple painting depicting the glow of the sun of a late autumn morning in the countryside.
Ballpoint pen on cardboard, 140 x 130 cm, October 2023
The landscape has always been a source of research for me, because within it, within the tangle of signs and in the development of forms without man, I see a possibility of a new, ancestral development. It finds itself, represented in my gaze that leads the sign like the gaze of someone who lays their eyes on it without being inside, but always placing themselves on the margins, like a spectator who remains on the sidelines. The development of the forms full of subtle and incessant strokes reveals its entire construction, the skeleton and casing appear transparent and uncovered in all its parts to give the image a character of creative frenzy, of necessary constructive impetus. This landscape is placed in a fundamental point of my proposal for reflection on nature, which from here on will carry out a slow and inexorable descent towards depth without ever, as repeatedly repeated, hiding anything of the formal path that allowed its growth. The smallest sign must be legible and be able to be isolated from the rest in the urgency of transforming the drawing into a path that has a main and sole objective, the recognizability of its chronology within it
Il paesaggio è per me fonte di ricerca da sempre, perchè all’interno di esso, all’interno dell’intrico di segni e nello sviluppo di forme senza l’uomo, io vedo una possibilità di uno sviluppo nuovo, ancestrale. Esso si ritrova, rappresentato nel mio sguardo che conduce il segno come lo sguardo di chi posa gli occhi addosso, senza esserci dentro, ma collocandosi sempre ai margini, come uno spettatore che rimane in disparte. Lo sviluppo delle forme piene di tratti sottili e incessanti rivela tutta la sua costruzione, scheletro e involucro appaiono trasparenti e scoperti in tutte le sue parti a dare all’immagine un carattere di frenesia creativa, di necessario impeto costruttivo. Questo paesaggio si colloca in un punto fondamentale della mia proposta di riflessione sulla natura, che svolgerà, da qui in poi una lenta e inesorabile discesa verso la profondità senza mai, come più volte ripetuto nascondere nulla del percorso formale che ne ha permesso la crescita. Il più piccolo segno deve essere leggibile e poter essere isolato dal resto nell’urgenza di trasformare il disegno in un sentiero che ha un principale ed unico obiettivo, la riconoscibilità della sua cronologia all’interno di esso.
Project by Steve Somerset (Music) and Alberto Repetti (Painting)
This is a video to announce a new, exciting collaboration with musician and composer Steve Somerset titled ‘Five Soundscapes In Search Of A Landscape’ which will premiere in September.
Our creative adventure began two years ago when I produced a series of paintings accompanied by Steve’s improvised guitar pieces.
These were called ‘I Hear What You See, You See What I Hear.’ So what is our new project all about? Steve has created soundscapes which have become the springboard for my five paintings.
I will interpret the music to bring colour and form to the canvas thus creating a unique sound and visual experience.
Steve Somerset’s musical career covers many genres, his most recent being the release of two album under the banner of The Haven Green. ‘To Whom It May Concern’ and ‘ Beyond The Shadow of a Doubt ‘ have received critical acclaim for his songwriting and arranging skills.
We are very excited for you to see our new project and we hope you will enjoy it as much as Steve and I have enjoyed creating it.
So it is with great pleasure that I present the first painting called ‘Dance Of The Unruly Leaves’ . You will experience its creation first hand as the musician influences the painter. Look out for further updates leading up to the unveiling of the full project in September.
We are tremendously proud of this work and we hope you will join us on our voyage of sound and vision.