Preparatory paintings for <You and I (Assisi)> (2025 – present)

<You and l> is an installation series of a single site-specific, abstract painting. Via color, the canvas celebrates the respective site and the surrounding locale.

< You and I (Assisi)>, the first of the series, will take place in Assisi, Italy. Preparatory paintings of various dimensions– color studies in preparation for the final painting – are titled according to their numerical order of completion. The installation is projected for May 2026. 

The architecturally homogenous and visually stunning town of Assisi is the birthplace of Saint Francis, a pilgrimage destination of long tradition, the site of renowned thirteenth-century frescoes by Giotto di Bondone, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The final artwork would be sized 84 x 84 inches (2 x 2 meters) in colors quintessentially Assisi such as limestone magenta, Giotto blue, dirt ochre. The painting – of unprimed and unstretched canvas – would be exhibited on the floor of a fourteenth-century place of prayer, the Oratory of Santa Chiarella.