Marco Bellandi

Marco Bellandi spent fifteen winters in the boatyards of Camogli, the Ligurian fishing town he still calls home, scraping and varnishing wooden hulls by hand. That patient work taught him how a blade spreads a thick coat, how a ridge of finish catches the low sun, and how surface can hold light as much as color. Trained at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti in Genoa, he eventually traded the varnish tin for oil paint, but kept the feel of the blade in his hand.

Today the palette knife does all the painting. Working in oil on canvas, Marco builds the stacked, sun-washed houses of the Cinque Terre, harbors glowing at sunset, a single lemon, or a tray of silver sardines in heavy ridges you can almost touch. His style moves between Impressionism and Expressionism: bright, loose, and full of Mediterranean warmth. His harbor scenes and coastal villages bring light to a living room or entryway, while his lemons and sardines feel right at home in a kitchen or dining room. Below are Bellandi’s canvases in our shop, ready to hang.