Paintings
Whenever I had time between school or being abroad, a little painting set or some pencils were always with me as well as a journal; they both had a very important emotional significance in happy and difficult times.
When we happened to live in an old tower, which later became our permanent home, I discovered the wall painting and my first trial was a 2 x 1 meter large composition of wild flowers in a vase, inspired by Dufy.
Some of the flowers grew over the frame and the effect was stunning. I got encouraged by many friends to go on.
So I took inspiration from big artists like Picasso (my favourite), Matisse, Modigliani, Valloton, Klee and others. Initially trying to get as close as possible to the artists’ traces, I tracked off, first unintentionally, then later on fully aware, altering slightly composition or finding another colour scheme. So many hommages and other paintings were born.
PLATES
Creating from the scratch of a ruin the house in Tuscany, I later also discovered the pleasure of painting the dishes matching the big dining table.
