In this artwork, the artist has created a rich and colourful composition inspired by the abundance of wild nature: flowers and leaves emerge from the background and intertwine with one another, creating a dense and almost untamed botanical landscape. The different shapes and colours create an explosion of variety and movement, recalling the spontaneous growth of wild vegetation. Rather than depicting a specific garden or a single type of flower, the artist brings together different natural elements to create an imagined landscape, where the forms seem to grow freely, overlap and spread across the surface.

This artwork is one of two companion pieces, both entitled Wild Flowers, conceived to be displayed together. While they share the same inspiration drawn from wild nature, each has its own character. This composition is denser and more abundant, with flowers and foliage filling the surface in a rich interplay of colours and forms. The companion piece is lighter and more open, allowing the individual flowers and branches to emerge more freely against the background.

Stones used: Lapislazzuli, Turquoise, Yellow, red and orange Chalcedony, Green Africa, Gabbro, Rhodonite, Onyx, Bumblebee, Red France.

Year of composition: 2026

Size: cm 22x20

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.