Uccello Rosso

Paintings by Miles DeCoster

The first collection of Uccello Rosso paintings is now available in book form. This 8" x 8" full-color book reproduces 31 paintings from the series as well as 4 works in progress. There is also a short introduction (in Italian) by Angelo Pieroni, who organized an exhibition of paintings by the artist in Florence, Italy in 2008 and notes (in English) by Ida Ballerini, Minister of Culture for the Nation of Nezúmi.

ISBN 978-0-9819187-0-9
Soft cover
44 pages
8" x 8" (20.3 cm x 20.3 cm)
Publication date: Sept 8, 2008
Price: $14.95 (US$)
Uccello Rosso Books

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These playful paintings are like postcards from an alternate reality. International bird of mystery, fowl of many faces, Uccello Rosso takes viewers on weird and wonderful flights of fancy.
—Miles Harvey, author of Painter in a Savage Land: The Strange Saga of the First European Artist in North America

Like a carefree, saucy “Little Bill,” the light bulb shaped spokesbird for "cheep" electricity from my youth, Uccello Rosso seems to be everywhere, illuminating all, whether toasting marshmallows or orbiting the globe, inhabiting a human body, young or old, male, female, whether sawn in half, made of snow or butter. DeCoster is a guy who makes websites like the rest of us make phone calls; if you Google him the first 10 thousand hits are all his own sites! That said, the bird may be like those robots Superman made of himself, to go out and take care of business while the man himself was busy saving the world.
— Kevin Riordan, author/artist of Make No Plans

So who is this Uccello Rosso? Every bird? Every wingless red bird who looks sort of like a lobster or a giant red ant? I don't know. But I do know he's the best Uccello Rosso ever. I like all these paintings, but my favorite is BETTER THE BOBBER THAN THE BAIT. Words to live by.  
—Peter Hannan, creator of CatDog and Super Goofballs

Get ready to laugh and be surprised when you open this book of paintings. Miles DeCoster’s whimsical art is deceptively childlike. On closer inspection be prepared to be moved by the subversive elements that pervade this work.
—Martin Lemelman, author and illustrator of Mendel's Daughter

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