Rbl - contemporary painter

I was born in 1972 in a small farming village in Salento, Puglia. I have been "painting" since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. I have not attended any school or art institute and perhaps this is why I do not have a well-defined style, and honestly I do not even want to have one.

I like to paint and express my feelings and sensations without tying myself to any pictorial style or artistic genre.

What I paint represents the real me, without rules, "forcing", learned from books or teachings. If I see something I like, something that attracts my attention like a painting, a sculpture, any object, I stop to imagine how I can make it using different materials and colors to make it something unique and personal.

I range from painting to collage, from wooden objects to stone, giving each one my own vision, a shape depending on the mood and the moment. In addition to painting, I have made several objects, especially lamps, using disused materials. I like to recycle objects found on the street or at the seaside, especially on the beach, and try to give back another meaning and the value that they have lost. It's nice to give "light" to objects that for many are useless and expendable, but that put together become functional and beautiful again.

Welcome to my world.