Self-portrait in evening dress

I did this self-portrait two years ago. I wanted to fix a phase of my life in which I felt that my physiognomy was changing profoundly. Contrast between the desire to live and realize my dreams as an artist and the image of a face and a body that inevitably goes into old age and decay. If this always leads me to a greater lack of interest in my external appearance, it also leads me to an ever greater search within myself, to find a new source of inspiration for my future paintings. In this new phase of my life, I try more in my paintings to be able to tell myself, to leave a personal sign of my existence and my life experience. I look for in the people I portray, and also in myself, that expression of complicity, indulgence and tenderness in a harmonious, warm, welcoming and reassuring atmosphere, in which I can remove all my pain and melancholy, feeling less alone and in harmony with others. With my paintings I would like to involve the viewer in all this.