Memory 2 Painting

I’m Erika Gioiosa. My artistic journey has taken me from my home in rural Carovilli, a small village in central Italy, to Florence where I studied fine arts in the footsteps of the masters at the Accademia di Belle Arti, to the seaside of Wales, UK. While my work with paper, the written word and paint is modern to the eye, I use traditional techniques to create pieces that may be handed down to future generations. For me, time stands still as I create form from seemingly simply layers of paint or transform words from the page of a book into art of another kind, giving them a new voice as they take their place among the painted forms. I believe Saatchi Art and I would make a perfect match. Woven into every piece I sell is a little piece of me, of history and of the hope for future generations. I believe that’s what it takes to create and share art that changes lives.