Black and White

Awal is a remarkable young man, if only because like so many young men living here in Molise now he has been through so much, and yet is able to remain  SO positive.
He and guys like him are an inspiration to us all.


Why? 
Because he is looking forward to carving a new future for himself here in Molise.


How? 
Awal is a talented artist, here he has an opportunity here to put his obvious talents to good use.


He grew up on a farm producing Cocoa and Ginger, but that is a life he was forced to leave behind.
As due to political turmoil he and his family faced in the region he was forced to flee, via Togo, the Niger then to Libya and finally onto to Italy.


Of course he is one of many young men, now facing an uncertain future here, but like so many young men like him  he is determined to do what ever it takes make a new life.

Awal is joining me to create a new group here called BLACK AND WHITE MOLISE.

We hope to bring ART to you, and to bring you to ART, both here in the Molise region and beyond.
For more information on what we do take a look at our website and get in touch with us.


Awal has already participated in a number of projects in Molise and is being invited to work on more.


He displays an incredible talent, which enables him to create images clarity and frank openness.
Having faced the hardships of extreme poverty and violence his paintings bring these topics we all like to ignore to the forefront. 
In a cacophony of vibrant colour his draws us closer to his art and even into his heart

If his art has to be categorised it would fall into POST MODERNISM, but it does not need a label. 

We can appreciate it for what it clearly is which is a window into his soul


Make up your mind and share your comments with us.

 www.blackandwhitemolise.com

"I never get tired of a blue sky"

"I never get tired of  blue sky" 

Vincent Van Gogh

If you ask a child to draw a picture of the sky, the colour they choose would be a bright almost turquoise blue.

Many artists over time have painted skies, trapping them in time.

The British painter Constable painted a stormy sky in the 1800s. His cloudy skies were apparently very accurate, and have allowed meteorologists to calculate the time and season when he painted a particular picture.

Turner's pictures epitomise  a stormy sky drawing you in to ride the waves amongst twar-torn ships the mist  swirling and cavorting around you.
And in complete contrast Van Gough's simple sky which shines a bright as day.
  

Photographs, however, capture a moment in time, and having lived a year in Molise, I have woken each day to glorious skies, everyone a different shade of blue.


 
Art is not merely an image captured on camera or painted on a page it is all around us. We many of us walk around in a trance blind to the beauty of the world which stretches out before us.

Plato says that art imitates the objects and events of ordinary life. In other words, a work of art is a copy of a copy It is even more of an illusion than an ordinary experience

Of course, the debate still goes on about what defines art, and it really does not matter to the casual admirer. 

We merely need to live our lives with our eyes wide open to enjoy the beauty of the art created by so many talented people both here in Molise and in the wider world.

If art is something that has to be created then everything we make can be art, from a discarded carboard box to a silver bracelet.

Paintings on walls in a gallery are images the artist wanted to protray, but they mi

During the past year Molise, I have been reduced to tears many times by the sheer magnitude and splendour of all that surrounds me.

A sky stretching out in front of me, a blanket of dazzlingly beautiful blue.

 The church and Castle at Castelpignano

A road leading to heaven via Molise!