Author: Francesco Mazzi

Title: Bees, Gold and Blue

Publication: Winter 2022

Location: Japan

Genre: Figurative

Material used:Oil painting on canvas of 30x30cm thickness 6.3cm, plaster, materic / structuring pastes, gold, silver, platinum, special pigments and resin-based paints.

Frame made with the Japanese Paulownia tree, known as kiri, also called "princess tree" sacred wood, a symbol of good luck. The finish is made with Italian paints, the color was created following different golden shades, the frame band measures about 6 cm, the frame size about 43x43cm

Inspiration behind the Opera: Summer, friends and childhood

Characteristics of the work: The prevailing colors are lavender blue and gold in all its shades. You can smell the scent of flowers, you can hear the buzz of bees.

The gold accentuates the theme of the precious, the bright warm shades and the rounded insects give off warmth typical of a summer day

Artist comments:

A light and feminine work that recalls the young age, the insects seem to meet like old friends reliefs in gold clouds, rocks or playful little animals that chase the insects a sense of lighthearted happiness, like when you sat down as a child in a meadow: Bees, Gold and Blue, in the lavender fields where bees and ladybugs play.

Art enriches life and its ultimate function is to make people happier.

`` Be inspired by myths and legends to create objects with your own memory and strength ''

Francesco Mazzi