Images of Eyes Gallery I
Oil Paintings, Naive Art by Aurelio Pernice
Italy

Aurelio Pernice, born in 1964 in Sicily, Italy, is a self-taught naive* artist who studied engineering at a university "with a formidable, wild, inborn, artistic talent."  His paintings try to touch the truths of life with their blend of realism, history, folklore, humor, melancholy, and sentimentalism.  His artwork demonstrates genuineness and purity of artistic impulse.

These viewer comments were taken from Aurelio's guestbook in Jan 2001.

"Very lusty and full of life" ...a "visual feast"... "[your work is] energetic and colorful"... "strong expression and warm colors provoke Meditteranean feelings"... "there's real feeling in your work"... "keep making Sicily beautiful"... "your paintings [show] vibrant life, the colours and the lifestyle... Italian life is smelling pasta, listening to Verdi... and hugging charming women... you are a sensual painter."

"Li cosi duci di Sicilia!" by Aurelio Pernice
["Sicilian sweets...an irresistible temptation!"]
Image Copyright © by Aurelio Pernice

"La Salina" by Aurelio Pernice
["Sicilian saltwork"]
Image Copyright © by Aurelio Pernice

"Pupiddu vistutu di marinaru" by Aurelio Pernice
["Little Sailor"]
Image Copyright © by Aurelio Pernice

 "Pupidda affacciata u balconi" by Aurelio Pernice
["Looking out the Window"]
Image Copyright © by Aurelio Pernice

  "Accattativi li sciuri" by Aurelio Pernice
["Red-haired Flower Lady"]
Image Copyright © by Aurelio Pernice

 "Lu mircatu" by Aurelio Pernice
["A Sicilian Marketplace"]
Image Copyright © by Aurelio Pernice

Aurelio's website is http://spazioinwind.libero.it/aureart/
Email aureart@inwind.it

*Naive art or naïve art--The style of naive painting is characterized by a careful, simplifying approach, non-scientific perspective, bright colors, and often, an enchantingly literal depiction of imaginary scenes.  Although not following any particular movement or aesthetic, naive painters have been a continuing international phenomenon and influence since the beginning of the twentieth century.  The term usually refers to works produced by artists (also called naifs or naïfs) who had no formal training....[Used with permission from ArtLex - dictionary of art copyright Michael Delahunt 2005.]

See more naive art by Haydee Mendizabal of Peru

For more artwork from Italy, see the nude paintings by Giuseppe Mariotti and Danilo Ricciardi in Images of Eyes Gallery II

Originally published Jan 30, 2001.  Republished Apr 17, 2008, with minor edits. 

Page updated Apr 17, 2008

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