THE DIE IS CAST Oil on canvas cm 80x80 Two three one six Throw the dice in the air and tell me who you are Four five seven eight Turn around, think about packing up eleven twelve ten nine Everything flies in the air in the game of tests We are against everyone No one is with anyone In this world everyone wants to be someone I watch dressed in black I stand aside Waiting for my part to slowly arrive I'm in no hurry, I'm not in a rush I don't follow the people who are in fashion I am myself in a world of trouble I follow my conscience without ever regretting Those who follow chance, those who follow a friend, those who follow fashion... Everyone tries to follow someone who shows them the way... But it is a black road without colors because it is not the one that comes from your thoughts, and therefore it will lead you to change it and reciprocate it until you understand that the road to follow is only the one that your being suggests to you

Laura Muolo

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Oil painting on canvas is my favorite technique, sometimes replaced by pastel on cardboard, but the line is always the same, the style is realistic. I choose these two techniques because the first lends itself to the composition of the painting, as starting from an initial idea, it allows me to change the image from time to time, it is therefore a reflective technique that slowly leads me to the final result. It allows me to arrive at the perfection of the figures, if I want, by deciding the number of passes I want to give. The second technique helps me to immediately understand and see the subject that will be depicted, as the pastel gives almost immediate results, without having to subsequently go over the already painted areas. My genre is a surrealistic figurative that tries to tell hidden stories and emotions. The story takes place either in dreamlike, evocative and surreal landscape contexts or in simple contexts, depicting individuals with their shadows. When I paint subjects in landscapes I carry out an introspective search for memories: the young subject is the protagonist. This occupies the main part of a scenography created with an old house, sometimes in ruins (signifying a time that has now passed), uncultivated vegetation, enriched with symbolic objects and animals that had a particular meaning in that story. I try to project the viewer into a subconscious dimension, into his memory, creating a surreal environment. Instead, painting characters with their shadows allows me to go beyond appearance, beyond the first glance. We see the protagonist in a certain pose, always thoughtful in his gaze, with a shadow behind him that seems like his physical shadow, but which instead projects something else, his feelings, his personal essence, which at first sight cannot be immediately perceived. , but which can be understood by going deeper, getting to know the person, their experiences and their desires, fears, expectations. The creation of the works always takes place starting from photos of young subjects, I choose a context and symbols, depending on the story I want to tell and then painted in a single scene. The painting sessions are different: I try to give at least three passes to all the elements of the painting, sometimes, if I don't find satisfaction, I find myself going over the protagonist subject up to 5 times, which must tell and therefore needs to be as credible as possible.