Studio journal

Studio journal

The places, gestures and stories behind the canvases

Paris Rooftops – Haussmann 2, oil on crumpled canvas by Dinelli
Paint, crumple, set: the crumpled-canvas technique

How Dinelli turns an oil painting into a relief: the painted canvas is crumpled, modelled like a sculpture, then set with resin.

Choux de Créteil 2, oil on crumpled canvas by Dinelli
The Choux de Créteil, Gérard Grandval's towers

The Choux de Créteil, ten round towers with petal-shaped balconies designed by Gérard Grandval between 1969 and 1974, painted by Dinelli on crumpled canvas.

Tours Nuages – Pablo Picasso, oil on crumpled canvas by Dinelli
Émile Aillaud's Tours Nuages in Nanterre

The Tours Nuages (Cloud Towers) in Nanterre's Pablo-Picasso district, by Émile Aillaud (1973-1981): Fabio Rieti's mosaics, round and teardrop windows, painted by Dinelli.

Paris Rooftops – Montmartre, oil on crumpled canvas by Dinelli
Paris rooftops, zinc and UNESCO

The zinc rooftops of Paris, whose roofers have been on UNESCO's intangible heritage list since 2024, painted by Dinelli on crumpled canvas.

Habitats 104, backlit artwork by Dinelli
Luminous Habitats: lit windows, from Baudelaire to today

Dinelli's Luminous Habitats: buildings at night, an oil-painted scene behind every window, on backlit plexiglass. An idea that goes back to Baudelaire.

New works

An occasional letter, when a new series or an exhibition is coming. Nothing else.