Paintings

Human figure

Faces fall away and what remains is gesture: two bodies lifting a sphere together, an embrace that heals. These figures are less portraits than states of mind, built from flat, saturated colour.

Amore e Pandemia grew out of an accident at the end of August 2021, when my three-year-old son and I got out alive but with deep wounds on the soul. After a month of physical and mental inability, and a mother’s sense of guilt, I forgave myself by mixing colours and turned my anguish into an embrace. In a moment of pandemic and isolation, the simple gesture of a hug had become a revolutionary act.