Silvia Stori

My name is Silvia. I am originally from Italy where I have attended a school of art first then the school of architecture in Rome where I graduated as an architect. I always liked to draw, technical or free hand, no difference to me, always loved and love them both. At present I am very interested more than ever, in paintings, mainly with oils and coloured pencils. In the secondary school, I studied art, after, as I was saying above,I graduated becoming an architect. Between floor plans, elevations and 3D, I started to go back to my first love: freehand drawing. I have always loved drawing since I was a child, using the pencil from HB to 6B for shading, then I decided to add color to my still life, my favorite subject. I started with coloured pencils then oil pastels and then oil paints. The more real my still life is, the more I feel that I am getting closer to my goal: to make my subjects alive. The paintings are created using a multitude of layers, starting with a first layer of greys, then a second, a third and then adding colours to maximize the effect of the real look. The creation of each piece begins with the selection of vintage-style objects of excellent workmanship and design, all collected in second-hand shops, where pe...

Secondary school "Liceo Artistico" Rome, Italy
Interior Design Diploma "European Institute of Art"
Degree in Architecture "La Sapienza"
Oil Painting classes "National School of Art & Design " Dublin , Ireland

Local Art exhibition December 2018
Local Art exhibition May 2019
Art gallery in Belfast paintings on view since 2017 to present