FINE ART PAINTER SERGIO ROFFO ENJOYS THE VIEW FROM THE TOP.
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here is something deeply meditative about watching Sergio Roffo put paint to canvas. Based in Scituate, Massachusetts, this master painter has spent decades rendering New England landscapes and seascapes with such precision that his works Photo byhang Melissa like Ostrow windows, drawing viewers into the most picturesque parts of our region. From Southwest Harbor, Maine, to Jeffersonville, Vermont, to the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, to his own backyard, Roffo paints en plein air. Setting up his easel in the wild, he races the rising and setting sun each day to complete his studies in one sitting. What emerges are works of art so vivid that they transport you to a place where you can practically smell the breeze and feel the sun on your face. “I want people to look at my paintings and relax,” says Roffo, standing in front of a freshly completed canvas in his at-home studio in Scituate, where he’s lived with his wife Debbie for decades. “All of their problems should fall away and be replaced with a sense of calmness, of relaxation. Almost spirituality.”
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