I have a passion for all things creative, channelling creative energy in order to manifest thought provoking abstract artwork. I consider myself an international artist having exhibited my work all over Europe in cities including Amsterdam, Zurich, Berlin, Paris, London and Monaco.
In the past, I was represented by a New York art gallery and have also had my work showcased in Miami. Currently I am represented across the USA by an arts organisation.
My passion for art began at an early age and has continued throughout my adult life, it is all I want to do.
The aptitude for creative vision has never left me and is continuously evolving and my personal Spiritual journey has been the momentum and driving force behind my artwork. However, things changed when my life was in turmoil back in the summer of 2018. That was a turning point for me, not only personally but also for my art. At that time, I stated out load “there has to be a better way”. And lo and behold my prayers were answered when a Spiritual text called “A Course in Miracles” came into my life and changed things forever.
A Course in Miracles (also referred to as ACIM) is a 1976 book by Helen Schuman. The underlying premise is that the greatest "miracle" is the act of simply gaining a full "awareness of love's presence" in a person's life. Schuman said that the book had been dictated to her, word for word, via a process of "inner dictation" from Jesus Christ. However, this text is not based on the conventional christian teachings. I had grown up very powerfully indoctrinated into catholicism so when ACIM mentioned God I was immediately triggered. I had never really associated God and Jesus with Spiritualism, or the New Age movement and I certainly never considered myself religious and still do not to this day.
However, after studying the book ACIM (that I believe Spirit sent me) almost daily since 2018, I understand it has nothing to do with the teachings in the bible or anything religious, even though it is said to be the voice of Jesus himself and, yes does mention God. My relationship with Jesus and God previous to studying ACIM and during my catholic upbringing was a not a good one.
They talked of sin and punishment, and I never resonated and still do not, with that thought process or the teachings in the Christian bible. ACIM has taught me the truth and that truth is that we are all eternal beings, no sin, no punishment and love is who we are. By definition there can be no sin or punishment in love.
Recently I have worked on a series of paintings based on this Spiritual text. Having already completed three paintings named ACIM 1, 2 and 3 that were on exhibition in London in July 2024, I know that this series will be a lifelong project as will my study of ACIM. In these works, I have manifested the vibrations that the text radiates that is said to change the way the Western indoctrinated mind functions in an ego-based dualistic playground.
I have a fascination with the mind. One of my other most recent works named “Confliction” is inspired by the decision processes that are undertaken in the mind which create an internal mental battle between peace and suffering. This painting was also inspired by the book “A Course in Miracles”. The painting conveys the belief that in the indoctrinated mind the influences of fear can be overpowering if they are allowed to take control and are given strength by one's belief in them.
Fears, however, are merely thoughts and are not real. The minds natural state is one of peace and this can be achieved when negative thoughts are evicted from the thinking process, hence leaving only peace. I believe happiness is one's natural state.
When I look at a painting that I have finished, I have no idea how I did it and I wouldn’t be able to repaint it, I have no idea where it came from. I have the sense that it has come from something apart from me.
- Gino Parisi
Whilst predominantly using acrylic, I am not limited to this medium and often will use a combination of acrylic, pastel and chalk in many of my paintings. However, it has not always been this way; at the start of my artistic journey my preferred medium was charcoal and hence this can still be found in many of my works today.
With no preconception of what will flow onto the canvas, I allow my connection with the creative Source or Sprit, to inspire and lead my work. I enter into a different state of being and allow my creative and intuitive mind to expand beyond our idea of reality to a place where creative energy flows through me and onto the canvas. I believe that this process is a form of channelling Spirit, not with words but with painting and the messages in my art are unique to each viewer.
My paintings are atmospheric and full of colour. I wish my art to draw a viewer into to an engaging and enchanted place where the mind is allowed to be imaginative and inspirational. It is in this peaceful place the viewer can step into, enabling them to explore the energetic and spiritual vibrations emitting from what they are viewing. They are encouraged to be imaginative and creative by what they see.
When viewing my work, the observer not only uses their sight in the process but also their feelings are engaged and drawn in by the energy that is radiating from the artwork. In my series of works inspired by ACIM, I have collaged pages of the book onto the paintings. The book itself is said be of a high vibration and hence the pages emit this. This energy remains with the observer long after viewing the artwork, benefiting their experience and allowing them to take continued inspiration from it. I believe that this is all the work of Spirit, I am merely the conduit.
