In Guido DeCostanzo paintings, organic materials meld with synthetic resins and precious and base metals collide.  Structure, control and order give way to randomness and chaos. 

 Each is created by coating stretched canvas with multiple layers of white gesso then sanding back the surface before apply coloured pigments and a gilded layer of gold or silver leaf.  With a single painting consisting of up to nine separate canvases, the initial stage can take several months.

These perfect, precious structures are transformed in a final unwitnessed performative act. The artist drops or pours molten metal, or a mix of glass and resin, onto the shimmering surface below - simultaneously despoiling and creating anew, capturing time and gravity in its wake.

 The resulting burst of energy, exploding out from the centre of a golden ground, suggests a cosmological event – the birth of a universe in the celestial glow of the heavens. 

By employing traditional techniques coupled with molten metal I create contemporary abstract canvases in a unique way to explore the contrast between order and chaos.