From the Vault: Pietro Spica

Pietro Spica (1953 – 2022) is a contemporary Italian surrealist artist. He was born in the small Venetian town of Dolo in 1953. Spica has traveled much in Central and South America, and his biomorphic forms take inspiration from the pre-Columbian rainforest of his imagination. The visual emotions displayed on Pietro Spica’s canvases are rich and engaging, and subject to change according to the viewer’s fancy. Pietro Spica has dedicated over twenty years to the development of his virtuoso watercolor technique. Here, friendly objects and beings can be recognized, although they do not follow any of reality’s rules. Pietro has illustrated books for children, notably by Italo Calvino, and Bruno Munari. His paintings feature vibrant colors and organic lines, and are exhibited both nationally and internationally.