Franco Paisio

Not Beyond the Visual

1. While you were dancing
   Acrylic on poly-cotton
   137 x 122 cm
2. The whirling perfume of Autumn
   Acrylic on poly-cotton
   137 x 122 cm
3. Red madrigal for a goddess
   Acrylic on poly-cotton
   112 x 107 cm
4. The laughter of a Muse
   Acrylic on poly-cotton
   112 x 107 cm
5. A little pink for Liz
   Acrylic on poly-cotton
   102 x 91 cm
6. So much depends upon ...
   Acrylic on poly-cotton
   102 x 91 cm
7. Just passing through
   Acrylic on poly-cotton
   102 x 91 cm
8. Evening thick with smoke-clouds
   Acrylic on poly-cotton
   46 x 35 cm
9. Into a propitious wind
   Acrylic on poly-cotton
   46 x 35 cm
10. Into an adverse wind
    Acrylic on poly-cotton
    46 x 35 cm
11. A little joy, only just perceived
    Acrylic on poly-cotton
    46 x 35 cm
12. Sous la hache du bourreau
    Acrylic on poly-cotton
    41 x 30 cm
13. Anticipating evening
    Acrylic on poly-cotton
    41 x 30 cm
14. Light filled with indecisions
    Acrylic on poly-cotton
    41 x 30 cm
15. This is what you wanted to see
    Acrylic on poly-cotton
    41 x 30 cm
    

Brief Notes on "Not Beyond The Visual"

• To look at any of my canvases, one should ideally pay attention to what is, just as it is.
• My paintings do not try to mean but simply to be.
• I believe that presence precedes essence.
• Nothing exists besides existence itself.
• Poetry and spirituality are not hidden behind what is, but they are a state of being, a state of existing.
• A poetical or a spiritual life is an intuitive life, at ease with the world of things that are, not with a world of make believe.
• Beauty, tranquillity and joy come from the knowledge of things real, not from the obstinate search for what is not, and can never possibly be.