An award-winning travel photographer and published poet, I turned to painting when I moved from Italy to London, initially inspired by Lucian Freud’s brutal honesty and London street art.

About me

I am a painter, photographer and poet

I’ve always done things my own way.

Ever since I can remember, I’ve always loved creating. I loved taking photos, especially while travelling, and I still love it. I made necklaces. I wrote poetry, and I even managed to publish some of them. I started painting on glass for fun, and I gave my brother one of my works as a gift. His favourite ever present, he said. But I still thought I wasn’t able to draw or paint. Perhaps someone at school convinced me it was not something I could do.

When I moved to London, I lived in a residential area for a couple of years. It felt like being in the countryside. I was lonely, I worked from home and knew nobody. To make friends, I signed up to art classes in the backyard of the local church…. Boom! Everything changed. I started spending all my free time painting and drawing. I realised that we are all different, we are all unique. Everybody at the class drew the same thing in a very personal way. We could all express our voice through art, and I loved it.

After many workshops, classes, exhibitions and art fairs, I still think that art is the best way to be myself.

As an artist, I am fascinated by the complexity and extreme manifestations of nature. I am interested in the drama of human faces, and the fine line between tension and equilibrium. I am intrigued by the inner workings of the mind, especially when it’s in a state of flow.

Continually curious, I admire independence, honesty, and the ability to make an impact through personal voice.

I love the feeling of freedom when I’m alone in nature, the feeling of nature’s power when the wind is blowing, the sea is high, and you are on the verge of a Norwegian cliff. Nature is colours, movement, it is strong and gentle, it is chaos and calm. In nature, I feel alive and at ease.

In my portraits, I am less interested in showing the outward appearance than in expressing the inner striving and what lies behind the eyes. I am often inspired by contemporary dance and theatre performances when conflict and emotional strain strive for balance.

Another major source of inspiration is my moving meditation practice, when time stands still, and everything seems to make sense. For a while.

I often start from photos taken by myself or sometimes I find photos that inspire me. I mostly use acrylics because they allow multiple changes of direction and a strong contrast in layers. I work with big brush strokes. When I paint, I look for both tension and strength, where emotions can be expressed through bold colours, like red or purple. In my more abstract and material works, I’m looking for textures and contrasts to convey energy. I paint with energetic brush strokes, curvy lines, evocative drips, gestural mark-making, which give a contemporary expressive feel to my artworks.

What my tutors taught me:

Cat Croxford, her studio in coordination with FRSA Caroline Hulse – Portrait and Human Figure

“Faces are no longer faces. They become an enticing uncharted territory of shapes and emotions.”

 Roger Gill, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts, London – Abstract Painting

“Do, delete, search, start again”

 Christine Burkhard, C&B Art, London

“Art is a joyful, playful journey. Look!”

Nicholas McLeod, The Art Academy, London

“Just express yourself”

Exhibitions, Publications and Awards

The Art Maze Exhibition, Bargehouse - Oxo Tower Wharf, London, October 2022

New Artist Fair, The Truman Brewery, London, September 2022

New Beginnings, Citizens Art Gallery, Blue House Yard, London, September 2022

fluid, Espacio Gallery, London, April 2022

Trauma & Healing, Espacio Gallery, London, April 2022

The Art Maze, Bargehouse - Oxo Tower Wharf, London, February 2022

What is Art?, Boomer Gallery Tower Bridge, London, November 2021

Summer Salon 21, Candid Galleries, London, August 2021

Brixton Summer Art Show, Brixton Tate Library, London, July 2021

The Nude 2021, Candid Gallery, Candid Arts Trust, London, June 2021

Selected to exhibit at Maze of Colour, OXO Tower, London, April 2020 - postponed due to COVID-19

28th Parallax Art Fair, Kensington Town Hall, London, February 2020

The Candid Arts Show 2020, Candid Arts Trust, London, January 2020

Collective Summer Painting Exhibition, St Barnabas Church, Southfields, London, 2018

Click sul mondo, travel photography exhibition, Associazione Culturale Albatros, Vanzago, Italy – 2013 - Finalist

Exhibition of photos and artworks inspired by Giuseppe Ungaretti’s poem Destino, Equo e Solidale, Legnano, Italy, 2013 – Special Award

Selected works, Fonopoli, Words in Movement, 1999-2000

Selected works, The Poet Club, Montedit, 2000

Collections

Work held in private collections in the UK and Europe.