The Golden Age

A developing series of ten films from Hollywood's Golden Age, interpreted through VetroScope.

Each work begins with the visual language of a film; its characters, compositions, colour, typography, atmosphere... and is independently composed as an original painting.

VetroScope combines traditional oil painting with precision-cut vinyl, reverse-applied to glass within a shadowbox frame. The separation between painting and glass creates a subtle sense of depth, allowing light, shadow and perspective to shift across the image.

The result is a contemporary object in which painting, graphic design and cinematic imagery occupy the same frame.

The works draw from production stills, film frames and the graphic language of mid-century poster design.

Each composition is independently developed and informed by cinema, but not reproduced from it.

The series moves between Riviera glamour, noir shadow, fashion and Technicolor spectacle, drawing on an era in which composition, silhouette and visual restraint carried much of the story.

The original film formats remain part of the visual language, while the paintings themselves are deliberately contemporary.

The series will unfold gradually, with new works introduced as they are completed.

The works are independent artistic interpretations and are not affiliated with the films or their studios.

The VetroScope Original

At the heart of every VetroScope original is a process built around craftsmanship, precision and depth.

Each work begins as an oil painting on canvas, developed through multiple layers over 80–120+ hours. Once the painting is complete, the graphic elements are cut individually from vinyl using a precision plotter and applied to the glass by a specialist artisan.

The vinyl is reverse-applied to the glass and positioned approximately 1.5 cm's in front of the painted surface. The canvas itself is 4 cm deep, creating a total framed depth of 7 cm.

The physical separation between painting and glass creates a subtle parallax effect, while the shadows cast by the vinyl change with the direction and intensity of the light. Together, these elements give the image a sense of depth that becomes apparent as the viewing position or lighting changes.

Each work is finished in a custom shadowbox frame, crafted by an artisan in the historic centre of Vicenza. The frame is open at the back, leaving the canvas and artist studio mark visible.

The frame is integral to the construction, bringing the painting, glass, vinyl and canvas together as a single physical work.