Painting is a perpetual communication with myself. Looking at my own work after having completed it, is like looking into a mirror and understanding how I really feel deep inside. There is nothing I can hide from myself then.
I never have a plan about what I am going to do, when I take a new blank canvas. I just stand there, look at the white surface and let my feelings run free. That’s probably why I mostly paint large scale. I love plunging into the big white, finding myself in my inner world and painting the choreography created by my own life.
There is always a direct connection between colors, compositions, marks and gestures of a painting and my emotional state of mind while I’m working on it.
There are people who can read the own story in their diaries at the end of their days. I will be able to review my own life and journey by looking at my paintings. My art – that’s me.
Born in Basel to Italian immigrant parents, I first studied dance in Switzerland and the Netherlands and then graduated from the Basel School of Design and Art. Most of my work now forms part of private and public collections throughout Switzerland. In 2018, I moved my studio and main showroom from Basel to Rheinfelden, where I currently live.