The Other Riviera: Liguria

65 × 90 cm
Acrylic, oil & hand-painted paper collage on canvas

€2,100

Inspired by years of exploring the Italian coastline by car, scooter, boat, and on foot, The Other Riviera – Liguria is an original contemporary landscape painting that brings together memories of Liguria and the Amalfi Coast into a single imagined place. Rather than depicting one specific location, it captures the colours, rhythm, architecture, and atmosphere that linger long after the journey has ended.

Drawn from my travel sketchbooks and countless moments spent along Italy's Mediterranean coast, the composition blends colourful seaside villages, graphic boats, luminous blue waters, and sunlit architecture into a landscape assembled from memory rather than geography. It reflects the way travel lives on within us—where different places quietly merge into a single emotional landscape.

Created using acrylic, oil, and hand-painted collage on canvas, each window, boat, and figure was individually painted, cut by hand, and layered onto the composition, adding texture, depth, and a distinctive handcrafted quality. The result is a contemporary original painting that celebrates the joy, colour, and timeless beauty of the Italian Riviera through a bold graphic visual language that has become central to my work.

A one-of-a-kind artwork inspired by Liguria, the Amalfi Coast, and the Mediterranean, The Other Riviera is designed for collectors drawn to contemporary coastal art, Italian landscapes, and travel-inspired original paintings.

Inspirations

This painting was inspired by years of exploring the Italian coastline—from the colourful villages of Liguria and Cinque Terre to the dramatic cliffs of the Amalfi Coast. Travelling by car, scooter, boat and on foot allowed me to experience these places from every perspective, collecting colours, architectural details, harbours, coastlines and fleeting moments along the way.

Rather than portraying a single destination, I wanted to capture the feeling of journeying through Italy's coastline: the saturated Mediterranean blues, sunlit facades, graphic fishing boats, vibrant windows, and the unmistakable sense of freedom, wonder and pure joy that accompanies discovering these extraordinary places.

This painting was inspired by years of exploring the Italian coastline—from the colourful villages of Liguria and Cinque Terre to the dramatic cliffs of the Amalfi Coast. Travelling by car, scooter, boat and on foot allowed me to experience these places from every perspective, collecting colours, architectural details, harbours, coastlines and fleeting moments along the way.

Rather than portraying a single destination, I wanted to capture the feeling of journeying through Italy's coastline: the saturated Mediterranean blues, sunlit facades, graphic fishing boats, vibrant windows, and the unmistakable sense of freedom, wonder and pure joy that accompanies discovering these extraordinary places.

Material & Features

• Original artwork
• Acrylic on canvas & collage
• 65 × 90 cm
• Gallery-wrapped canvas
• 2026
• Signed on the front
• Certificate of Authenticity included
• Worldwide shipping available upon request

• Original artwork
• Acrylic on canvas & collage
• 65 × 90 cm
• Gallery-wrapped canvas
• 2026
• Signed on the front
• Certificate of Authenticity included
• Worldwide shipping available upon request

Creative Process

This painting evolved over many journeys along the Italian coastline, from Liguria to the Amalfi Coast. During my travels, I filled sketchbooks with drawings, photographs, and notes, capturing the architecture, boats, colours, and small moments that caught my attention. Back in the studio, I revisited those sketches to compose a new landscape assembled from memory rather than geography.

The composition was first painted in acrylic on canvas before layers of mixed media were added to build depth and contrast. On separate sheets of fine art paper, I hand-painted each colourful window, boat, and figure individually, carefully cutting them out and collaging them onto the surface one by one. This process allowed me to introduce texture, rhythm, and subtle shifts in colour while reinforcing the graphic visual language that defines my work.

Rather than recreating a single destination, the finished painting brings together fragments of many places into one imagined coastline—the Italy that returns when I close my eyes: vivid blues, colourful harbours, warm Mediterranean light, and the unmistakable feeling of pure joy that has stayed with me long after each journey ended.

This painting evolved over many journeys along the Italian coastline, from Liguria to the Amalfi Coast. During my travels, I filled sketchbooks with drawings, photographs, and notes, capturing the architecture, boats, colours, and small moments that caught my attention. Back in the studio, I revisited those sketches to compose a new landscape assembled from memory rather than geography.

The composition was first painted in acrylic on canvas before layers of mixed media were added to build depth and contrast. On separate sheets of fine art paper, I hand-painted each colourful window, boat, and figure individually, carefully cutting them out and collaging them onto the surface one by one. This process allowed me to introduce texture, rhythm, and subtle shifts in colour while reinforcing the graphic visual language that defines my work.

Rather than recreating a single destination, the finished painting brings together fragments of many places into one imagined coastline—the Italy that returns when I close my eyes: vivid blues, colourful harbours, warm Mediterranean light, and the unmistakable feeling of pure joy that has stayed with me long after each journey ended.

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