Color and gesture were the driving forces in the early stages of this series. However, as Giovanni continued to work, he found himself in contemplation of Robert Reichenberg’s 1953 “Erased de Kooning Drawing”. There are two basic ways to create any work of art: addition, the most common, or subtraction. Giovanni found a real interest in a combining both addition and subtraction that allows an art work to reveal itself through the process of both marks from say a pencil or charcoal and also the marks that are made from those marks being subsequently erased. Being open and flexible to the voices of the materials and subject matter has allowed him to consider more than what he originally had in mind, enriching his exploration and opening up his art practice to finding inspirations outside of his original intentions. This development has allowed Giovanni to find what he was truly in search for: growth in both his creative and his thought processes.