Micaela Petroni

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Artist Statement

In my work I try to portray the emotions I have lived along the path of life, bringing to surface the pain, the joy, the doubt, the struggle, the prayer, so that, each one of my pieces is a concrete manifestation of some powerful emotional event. It is for this reason that I feel my art is the light which penetrates the darkest meanders of my being.

The photo-sandwich technique allows me to combine different layers of colour harmonically and the final result has a softened outline, so similar to the images that we have kept inside and brought back to the light. While I work on the different layers I become very calm, I live a sort of meditation, another dimension, where time no longer exists and the possibilities are endless. That is when I feel completely free.

In my works, each piece had its own “home”, hand-made by me in wood, iron and Jute, these elements seemed to nourish the piece and give it more strength.

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