"Rebirth"

Saturday 02 March 2024 - 18:00
144 Via Camollia, Siena, 53100

I take as a starting point the inexhaustible source of inspiration that is nature with its ability to renew itself, with its power, resilience, with its beauty, remembering and valuing rebirth as the true strength and essence of nature and life itself.

This force that resides all around us, but also within each and every being, inspires trust, courage, emotions and feelings of hope, peace and acceptance, reassuring us in the perspective that everyone has the possibility of accessing it and using it for our benefit to flourish or be reborn, if necessary, despite possible difficulties.

The subjects and themes deliberately remain between the abstract and the realistic, like impressions and intuitions, as if they were not really finished, but above all, as if they had just begun, born, like gems of hope, like sensations under the skin, light, but which inside have all the potential and power to come to life, to blossom and flourish within the imagination of every gaze that captures them.

Paintings with wine

All the paintings on display were created using wine,Brunello di Montalcino as the main medium or mixed with other well-known techniques and materials used in the art world.

The reason for this unusual choice is linked, yes, to the territory, but above all to my artistic and personal path, where wine has played a fundamental role:

I thought about giving up painting and I believed that my gift was useless because I didn't have the opportunity to finish my studies in Fine Arts, and therefore to make use of my talent. I believed I had erred in my belief that art was part of my identity and destiny, so I no longer saw meaning in it.

In a moment of disappointment and anger, due to this, I threw away all my work, colors, brushes and said enough, never paint again! I decided to cancel all my considerations and start from scratch, so, I moved from Romania, my native country, to Italy, in Montalcino. A new country, a new language, a new job, this time in the world of wine, everything new, everything different, everything to rediscover, even myself. A new beginning, a new me, without the art.

I didn't know that by trying to escape from myself, I would actually end up finding myself, finding out who I really am. Moving away from everything I was at that moment, from my family, from my friends, from my passions, from what I loved, from my identity, instead of forgetting, did nothing but strengthen and define who I really am, making me understand what I wish deep in my heart.

Not having colors because I stubbornly refused to buy them, wine was the means to return to painting, being attracted and fascinated by its color.

Thus, after 8 years, in 2013, I accepted art again as part of my life and I can say that, for me, wine has represented my rebirth as an artist.