Claudio Verna in conversation with Davide Ferri

I do not know what has connected me so intensely, over the years, to the work of Claudio Verna. When I go to see him in his studio, the chatter - always in a certain sense nourishing, even when it is simply anecdotal - develops against the background of his paintings, which are hung or resting along all the walls. We usually sit on two chairs facing each other in front of the wall where Verna paints.