“In my artwork I provide my first idea whose forms are abstracted, thus seeming to deny any real engagement with the original subject. The practically naturalistic representations engage in an intense dialogue with a psychedelic expressiveness of color. That is also a dialogue with the viewers, I invite them to see behind the forms, to understand what memories and emotions follow those lines and colors that test the limits of painting as a means of storing feelings. My way when I create reflects the advantage of painting in showing colored shapes regardless of whether the motivation lies inside or outside the image.”

Anna Gialleli