Elegance
This work is a tribute to the British painter Jack Vettriano, paired with the other mosaic called "Summertime".
J. Vettriano, born Jack Hoggan on 17th November 1951, was born in St. Andrews and raised in Methil, a Scottish industrial town in Fife, to a family with coal mining ties, he began painting as a self-taught artist after receiving a set of brushes and watercolors as a gift for his twenty-first birthday.
His early works, signed with his birth name, were generally reproductions of Impressionist paintings, which he was unable to exhibit in a professional art scene until almost fifteen years later.
His debut exhibition was held in 1988 at the Royal Scottish Academy, where, on the first day of the show, both of his paintings were sold; this earned the artist invitations to numerous exhibitions at other art galleries.
This artwork, inspired by the painting "The Missing Man I," is a dynamic work of art that originally depicts a trio of elegant young people (two women and a man) in evening dress on a beach, pointing to something in the distance with umbrellas.
The work creates a sense of mystery, leaving the subject observed by the characters to the viewer's imagination, typical of the Scottish artist's narrative style.
Stones used: Yellow Stone fron Siena, Belgian Black Marble, White Paonazzetto, Onix, Yellow Magnesite.
Year of composition: 2025
Size: cm 12x21
Artist: Leonardo Scarpelli
An original and authentic hand-made artwork created whith the antique technique of Commesso Fiorentino which is unique for Florence.
Commesso Fiorentino was born with Medici family, one of the most important families in Florence, in the second half of 1500.
The research of the stones is made by the mosaicist that must be able to choose from a rich and wide range of shades and veins: for this reason the artists personally search and collect the stones retracing the paths of the Medici researchers.
The processing starts by drawing the subject on adhesive paper, that is then cut into small tamplates that will be attached to the variegated shades of the stones following the visual instinct, the innate gift of the artist and his perfect knowledge of the materials. The shape of the little piece will be cut by hand with a chestnut, cherry or hazelnut wood bow and an iron wire that flows with abrasive powder and water. It creates a very precise and inclined cut to form the essential spaces to accommodate the glue, made by artisans with beeswax and pine tree resin. The different stones are previously glued onto a slate surface which acts as a support during the cutting and filing phase. The various pieces which form the composition are adjusted in shape with diamond files, glued together so that the joints are invisible, flattened and finally polished in order to create a perfect decorative harmony showing the colors of nature in all their radiance.