SELFIE AL LAGO (2022) Painting by Michele Tortorelli

I was born on 07/14/1956 in Potenza.

 They said that my art makes you dream, it leads the observer into a world halfway between legend and dream, full of symbols and notes of emotion.

 Self-taught, I am fascinated by experimenting with new techniques: I have worked with tempera and chalk, with pencils, with charcoal, grape marc and enamels on plywood, I have drawn and painted on metallic paper with highlighters, with waxes diluted with petrol and with any medium that has colored pigments (rimmel, eye shadows, burnt matches etc.).

I prefer graphic research, therefore as a support I prefer paper, especially the strange and quality ones.

It seems that my works are apparently born from the lines, but in reality each work is complex, the result of the fusion of many elements.

Ideas are expressed through forms, my art is a dreamlike evocation through symbols that suggest the recollection of facts. The strong pathos and intense emotion immediately involve me and I hope that they can be perceived by an observer who does not see my works with a banal and fleeting vision.

The line is meticulous and calligraphic, the experimentation of materials and techniques is continuous: enamel on plywood, different and precious papers with watercolor and ink, watercolor with chalks etc.

All these elements are fused together to create works whose reading, in its entirety, is in every single fragment: a work within the work.

Recently in the game, I have participated in several of our personal and collective exhibitions, receiving approval from visitors and critics.

• Nationality: ITALY
• Date of birth : 1956
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Italian Artists