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Perhaps “stone painting” is far from the best definition, which could be defined and somehow characterized creativity of the Italian Stefano Furlani, however, the artist’s works so unusual that no one knows how to call them otherwise.
In a nutshell: a man collects random stones on the beach geometric shapes and all kinds of colors that folds then into a variety of drawings. According to the author, in this he good imagination helps, where did it come from suddenly, how only he was engaged in this creativity, and the presence of the sea right next to him at home.
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It all started a few years ago when Stefano and his little son David was relaxing on the beach. To pass the time, our hero and him the offspring began to collect stones off the coast and lay out of them various images in the sand. I liked the game so much to a boy that has turned into a whole ritual, which is now all Stefano’s family practiced almost daily in the warmer months. Time passed, experience gained, mastery improved, fantasy developed – and Italians created increasingly complex and detailed “pictures”.
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At a certain point, Stefano was disappointed that his work in ultimately the surf washes away or trampled by other vacationers. Then our hero was visited by the idea of creating fancy images of stones and sand on wooden planks using glue. Stone the paintings were then covered with colorless varnish, which gave them shine and visual effect of humidity – it turned out just great, beautiful and almost forever.
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When Furlani posted photos of the drawings on the Internet, many web users reacted to the “stone paintings” of the Italian with great enthusiasm, calling them real works of art. In 2017, the Italian held the first exhibition of his works, and not at home, and in Massachusetts.
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Of course, Stefano’s works are somewhat naive, sometimes according to experts, proportions are vulgarly violated, but with given that the self-taught artist uses exclusively processed by nature pebbles, such creativity is truly impressive. In addition, the external simplicity of the composition hides difficult process of its execution. Furlani often, for example, holds many hours, looking for two stones that will be perfect match each other in shape, color and size. All this in general makes unique self-taught paintings attractive and even – attractive, why the Italians promise world fame.
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Stefano’s “stone painting” is dominated by marinic motifs. According to the man, he lived his whole life in a resort town on Adriatic coast, and the seascape is his favorite a spectacle, the best “natural picture” and, of course, exactly it gives him inspiration for creativity …
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