Hector Hector

I don't like talking and even less writing about myself but someone has to do it, so here goes. They say I was born or at least conceived on a local train that perhaps was leaving from the South for Sicily. In any case , in Calabria, a wonderful area surrounded by two seas, close to the Greek myths and winds from North Africa. Perhaps through fate actually close to Mimmo Rotella's home and for years my dear school friend was called Rotella. But apart from this story nothing links me to that artist other than that we were both born in the same town. From when I was a restless, rebellious child I spent the time drawing , writing, and reading adventure stories. Already at the age of nine I was signing myself "Hector" under the influence of distant French relatives and Napoleonic descent
(on my mother's side). One part of my genes comes from Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, in the Var area but many years have past and nothing remains except my love for France and, of course, for Italy.

As a child of about 12-13 I had my first theatrical experiences and in the school gym I held my first painting exhibition, all works based on a clown. In the circus I had some acrobatic experience but soon gave it up. Then came my second exhibition at the Ceravolo...