Among mountains as well, there are mountains hidden in jewels; there are mountains hidden in marshes,
mountains hidden in the sky; there are mountains hidden in mountains.
There is a study of mountains hidden in hiddenness. (Dogen, The mountains and rivers sutra)
GIUSEPPE "DET" ALIPPI
LA STELLA DEL CARDO E IL COVONE DI FIENO
The results: a second book with Paola Favero is to be published, Stella Stellina has been published and enhanced, a Quaderno di Campo with a certificate (which is a painting also) has been made, on the go there is La Schola del Bonduhãc (with an elaboration both in drawing and writing); as witness of the evolution of the Scarecrows' game, Sogni nel vento (Dreams in the wind) is upcoming. Last but not least, another cosy interactive book to read and draw is arriving this year, but it will be a little surprise.
The illustration work has temporarily halted the cycles, but ideas are still present and there will be time to..
Luisa Rota Sperti is an Italian artist born in Lecco. She lives and draws in Somana, a hamlet of Mandello del Lario, at the feet of the Grigne mountains. Her main working tool is the pencil and her works are structured into different cycles, rich of inner and outer references to history, the mighty ancient sagas and mythology.
Her main theme is the mountain: the physical ascent, the spiritual ascent. continues...