I was born and raised in the region of Umbria. My passion for drawing and painting , expressed during my school years, took me to in-depth study of the use of the “chiaroscuro”(light and dark) technique with pencil, and further study of the use of colors. I am a self-taught artist, who did not attend art school, so the depth of my experience is due to passing hours copying ornamental patterns or imitating classical Italian paintings , especially from the late Renaissance to the Baroque period                                                              read more