Inspiration
Many mistakenly believe that during the artistic creation, the artist is in a state of trance, grasping a magical inspiration that infallibly guides them towards the desired result. Although to a small extent this may be true, I want to emphasize that the creative process is never as instinctive and reflexive as it may seem. In a successful artwork, the composition, light, and color are the result of careful study and deep reflection.
My academic training has been of great value in allowing me to learn techniques and methodologies that enable me to best express my creativity. Therefore, my current works are also the result of days spent observing and drawing under the guidance of my mentors, using live models, still lifes, or other elements of reality, and subsequently transforming them into more imaginative forms, sometimes to the point of exhaustion.
At the Art Institute, I learned to work on individual natural elements, even those seemingly insignificant. By rotating them, repeating them, enlarging them, shrinking them, and distorting them, they were transformed into interesting and surprising decorative patterns.
Therefore, I can say that my inspiration is a balance between rules and imagination, spontaneous creativity and artistic techniques. Each of my works arises from an initial visual stimulus, such as a billboard, a poster, or an image on the web that immediately captures my attention, as if it "calls" to me. This image fixes itself in my mind and translates into an artistic representation. Sometimes, I myself seek inspiration by wandering through the pages of newspapers, magazines, or exploring the internet, in search of the right input: an expression, a face, a body, a place, an atmosphere that evoke intense emotions in me.
However, in the end, my paintings retain very little of the realism and concreteness of the initial model. During the creative process, colors alter and lines transform, almost distorting the representation. These elements bend to express new emotions and meanings. It is a process that mainly takes place in my mind and is difficult to explain rationally. Through this process, images of the external world become personal, laden with my interiority.
I am convinced that the creative process follows different paths for each artist, but at the same time, I believe that it is complex, even if not always fully conscious. It is important, therefore, to occasionally pause and reflect, to observe almost "from the outside" what I do. This allows for awareness, maturation, and the achievement of increasingly valuable results.
