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  • Ice Cream Lady 2010

    Ice Cream Lady 2010

    Acrylic on paper – 23×25,5 cm (private collection) Almost every day, on the other side of the Spectacle Bridge, the ice cream lady waits for tourists. Most often young students in uniform eager to cross the oldest bridge of the country…

  • Walking To Mesubenomori Park 2010

    Walking To Mesubenomori Park 2010

    Acrylic on paper – 36,5×44,5 cm (private collection) At the bottom of the hill is Ume Saito, the big mall. If I turn left I’ll end up walking along the China Sea. Another lantern festival… The weather is cool, the street buzzes with engines running… or waiting for the lights to turn green… I’m probably…

  • Lantern Festival In Nagasaki 2009

    Lantern Festival In Nagasaki 2009

    Acrylic  on paper. Framed –  49,5×75 cm (private collection) From café Foglio, just a minute away from my apartment … A large window overlooks the river … Through the green foliage, the glimpse of an eye belonging to the famous Spectacle Bridge. Orange lanterns hang, reminding me of the festival to come … Soon, it…

  • A Solitary Tree In Nagasaki 2009

    A Solitary Tree In Nagasaki 2009

    Acrylic on paper –  Framed  59,5×74 cm (private collection) I usually walked through the shopping arcade to go to work when it rained or simply to avoid the scorching sun… Two streets cross the arcade. A lonely tree stands at the far end of one of them…

  • First O-Kunchi in Nagasaki. 2008

    First O-Kunchi in Nagasaki. 2008

      Acrylic on paper – Framed  56×75 cm. (private collection) The town celebrates O-Kunchi. From my balcony I watch mothers all dressed-up  walking towards the elementary school and children waiting for the dragon to  come and dance for them, followed by the heavy portable shrine shaped like a  boat that will soon roll by.