Memories

About

The drawings Cristina is presenting are inspired by the precision and detail of Renaissance line drawings and by classical chiaroscuro techniques. The themes developed are memory, family and the resilience of human spirit. All the drawings are an attempt to snap a finite moment in time in the lives of those dear to her and of the places always in her memory. Cristina’s realistic style is integral  to this series of work to let the marks, her native Rome and the subjects tell their own story. 

Cristina is a teacher and a self- taught artist who finds the human figure and the environment we inhabit fascinating and inspiring. She has been drawing since she could hold a pencil and she has spent many years copying from the Masters in churches and squares in her native city of Rome.  Cristina is at the moment exploring the infinite depth and immediacy of working in charcoal, graphite and pencil on canvas to portray the passage of time, the nature of memory and the resilience of the human spirit.  Cristina's work is hanging in private collections in Britain and in Europe and she welcomes commissioned work. Cristina also believes passionately in education and she is available for demonstrations, talks and tuitions.