I am constantly fascinated with stripes. When it calls I often find a way to include them in my paintings. This one is obvious, but in landscapes they’re kind of hidden. Stripes are everywhere, in notepads, wallpapers, clothing, logos, book covers, bottles of wine and of course in nature.
I made this painting some time ago when I used to paint more figuratively, but I gotta say, I’m kind of itching to paint like this again. It’s all cycles, just like life. We’ll see where this path takes me.
Although some of the paintings from this series look obvious, I was inspired to depict that feeling we sometimes get as if we were floating in space. My ideas somehow reflect our daily life, our difficulties, struggles, complications, decision making; always questioning our own existence.
What is gravity? We were all thought in school it is a force emanated from the center of the earth to keep us and everything else from floating into space.
What if it’s something else?
I’m sure you know Diego Velazquez, an impressive Spanish artist from the 17th century, if you don’t I’ll talk a bit about him in a future post. Today I want to focus on his famous painting Las Meninas, which lives at El Prado museum in Madrid, Spain.
This colossal masterpiece (125 x 105 in) was commissioned by the king Phillip IV. There are many versions of what Velazquez was depicting, it looks like a mundane day at the royal palace where the infanta Margaret Theresa is being tended by her maids. If you look at the left hand side you see Velazquez painting the scene on this gigantic canvas looking at us. If he is looking at us, that means he was probably painting from a mirror or at least give us that impression. If you look even closer at Velazquez right hand side you’ll notice a small picture of two people on the wall, they are the king and queen reflected on a mirror. If this is the case he would’ve been portraying them on that large canvas? So the viewers would be the king and queen, which are reflected on the mirror, instead of us. Or is this a self-portrait including the royal family. Not to mention the small figure exiting the door, intriguing. Another version is that he was painting a double portrait of the king and queen and the king called his daughter to entertain them while they were being portrayed and Velazquez adjusted the portrait and made it a whole scene, if this is the case he would’ve been given extremely flexibility to make this painting bu the king.
There are many versions about this painting’s meaning, but there is no doubt he was a genius to create a scene based on the king’s requests and what was going on at that moment. I hope you enjoyed this short art story.
One of the first ones of the series. As of 2025 Horizons is my current artistic evolution ever since I started exploring landscapes, which I was doing in an indirect way. My compositions usually had landscapes backstage behind people and portraits. When I decided to omit figures, landscapes took over the main role and started to evolve.
Horizons explores imagined, fantastical scenes. In this body of work, I challenge reality, questioning the hows and whys using art as a means of escape from everyday life. Horizons is one of my longest-running series to date, and it continues to evolve with each new piece.
Emotion, reflection, a sense of calm or maybe something else? Perhaps all of them? These are some of the experiences I felt when I painted this one. It might be one of the most abstract pieces I have made with hints of shapes and objects. Some of the original ideas I had were flowers and faces, which evolved into something else, but the essence is there. At the end it veered into a dreamy night scene including a figure, can you see it?
This series is about our relentless search for something in our lives, whether tangible or not. Although the painting is very literal with this woman reaching for a mushroom in rather an uncomfortable position, it is metaphorically describing deeper meaning. It could well be us looking for answers to life’s deepest questions.
My website keeps evolving like everything else in life. After thinking for a while I decided to add many if not all of the series I have made over the years. Since I have many works, I’ll be doing this progressively.
I recently added two more series or collections (as they are called in my website.) They are called Another Place and Garden of Earthly Delights. These pieces are figurative, a different genre from the semi-abstract landscapes I have been making lately. If you pay close attention you’ll see the evolution that led me to my current series Horizons.
Oh and by the way, you might also notice I have completely revamped my website, it’s a little cleaner and easier to browse. Feel free to let me know if you have any suggestions.
Aldo
I’ve just added seven new paintings to my Canvas Editions, all in a square format—and I’m excited to also introduce five new sizes:
These new pieces are part of my Horizons series, which draws inspiration from nature, dreams, everyday life, and imagined landscapes. It’s a series I started a few years ago and continue to evolve as my practice grows.
Each print is made on museum-quality canvas using archival pigment inks—built to last a lifetime—and comes stretched and ready to hang, with a choice of four hand-selected wood frame colors.
I hope you enjoy these new additions as much as I enjoyed creating them.
Aldo
Hello everyone,
I’m excited to share that I’ve just added three new paintings to my Fine Art Canvas Prints collection! These pieces are part of my ongoing Horizons series—a body of work I’ve been immersed in for some time, and continue to explore.
Just like the rest of the collection, these new additions are available in three sizes:
Studio (24×30 in / 60×70 cm),
Gallery (30×40 in / 75×100 cm), and
Collector (36×48 in / 100×125 cm).
The Horizons series is a journey—through nature, memory, and imagined realms. These open edition canvas prints are made for those who seek a sense of connection through art. Each piece is printed on archival-grade canvas with premium pigment inks, carefully color-matched to the original painting.
Feel free to explore the full series and check out the new additions below. And don’t forget—limited free shipping is currently available!
More to come soon (I have so many in the works I can barely keep up 😅). I’m also exploring the idea of offering more sizes, and possibly introducing new series to the canvas prints collection.
Cheers,
Aldo
It must’ve started with a spark—an impulse to paint flowers. I thought, why not? After all, I’m an artist, and I like to paint anything that moves me—anything that inspires, anything that surfaces from within.
Flowers have always fascinated me—not only for the obvious reasons: their colors, their intricate and endless variety of forms, their essential role in our environment—but also for something more elusive. They carry an emotional charge, a kind of quiet drama that I wanted to explore on canvas.
I imagined them in grand spaces, painted in a way that felt expansive—where they could breathe and exist freely. And those imagined spaces eventually began to echo the spirit of my Horizons series. Or maybe Horizons led me here. I don’t quite remember. My work is deeply interwoven. One idea gives way to another. Some come from a single fleeting image, others from a tangle of impressions and memories. It’s all connected.
So far, I’ve created a small group of these pieces in a more intimate format. But I see larger versions in the future—paintings that fully embrace the scale I feel they deserve. I’m waiting for the right moment. And like most things in my process, only time will tell.
Aldo
Flower Movement series