Dark walk

This painting explores the quiet desolation of forgotten urban corners, where human figures, rendered as tinted shadows move away.Life feels suspended, as the figures appear weightless and hollow, stripped of corporeality, caught in a fleeting moment of movement toward nothingness. The work captures traces of life that seem lost, a story that has already reached its conclusion, evoking a profound sense of stillness, emptiness, and silence. The elements are portrayed with a sense of melancholy affection and tender piety.

Bio
I was born in Milan in 1972, but my early years were spent in Palo Alto California, a place that shaped my worldview. Later, my family returned to Italy, settling first in Lucca and then in Florence. It was in Florence that I began my formal artistic journey, studying sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts. Sculpture gave me a foundation, but soon I felt the pull toward painting as my primary mode of expression and true focus. Painting allows me to explore themes that resonate deeply with me - time, memory, and the ephemeral nature of existence. I often begin with photographs taken du