LIFE OF THE TUSCAN ARTIST

.Luca Fiordi was born on May 21st, 1973. He lives and works in Farneta a small village near Cortona, very close to the millenary Farneta Abbey. He studied at Arezzo school of art and he took part in various exhibitions in Florence, Montevarchi, Cortona and Montepulciano.

His grandfather, Oreste, born in 1912, is a farmer during the day, a carpenter at night and a barber on public holidays. He was the inventor of the small spinning wheel which was very gainful for the signorie which lived on agriculture. His father, Imolo, is a designer in various fields: textile, goldsmith’s, agricultural and various plants. He’s carried out a lot of works in the agricultural, building, artistic and commercial fields.

As well as painting Fiordi loves music and plays in the Philharmonic Band G. Verdi of Farneta. TV and newspapers have taken interest in his works. In 1983-84 he was awarded the National Prize for the accordion at the National Course of Chiusi “Ragazzi in Gamba”. He was a pupil of professor Mazzanti from Acquaviva (Siena).

At the School of Art he was a pupil of the painter Sergio Tosi. But the most important thing is his love of Indian Painting. Now it’s time to focus on Fiordi’s paintings: they show landscapes, still life, abstract paintings, dotted paintings. In the sector of clothing he produces foulards, cushions, blouses, shirts, dresses etc. All the paintings can be made only on canvas or fabrics with natural fibres (light and heavy silk, cotton, linen etc.)

Fiordi’s Batik is so wide-ranging that requires great passion and skill as well as great sensitivity in order to reach the final harmony and create an atmosphere of enrapturing fascination. One is immediately struck by Fiordi’s paintings: any Italian or foreign visitor notices how the painter uses particular shades of colour, different from those used in India, Indonesia and Africa. Every painting is original and has its own character and its particular shape and colour. When the painter works he is completely absorbed and he withdraws into himself. Some pictures are real masterpieces.

The artist can be considered one of the most qualified masters in Indian painting at international level. Painting and living far from India (where Batik was born) is not easy because Italian culture is completely different. He lives in great autonomy, strongly believing in his paintings, and in his culture, but above all aware that he has created a painting technique all of his own.