I grew up with European and American imagery, alternating between realism, underground styles, and sci-fi. At the School of Applied Arts in Milan, I began using colour, having previously worked only in black and white, and experimenting with techniques. I developed a desire to make colours 'vibrate' or 'sing'. Primarily self-taught, I started using acrylics for their convenience, which suited the mediums of communication and advertising.

My inspiration comes from many sources, including jazz music, exhibitions, and all kinds of cinema. The era I grew up in was especially vibrant and free. I also love walking and listening to nature’s sounds, isolating them from urban noise. Observing people slowly is a relaxing exercise rich in ideas. Over the years, due to overwork and fast paces of life, I have lost some of that nourishment and now feel the need to reclaim it.

In 1993, software capable of managing an artist's manual touch felt like sci-fi, merging two worlds. I embraced digital tools to experiment and study images that I would later create with traditional methods. With recent tools and the prospects of generative AI, the risk is in abandoning traditional techniques and their mastery of colour and texture completely. I am encouraged by the fact that we already see a counter-reaction to this 'digital bulimia'.