Silvana Marletta
The sea surrounds me, the sun warms me up, the smell of the zagara inebriates me.
Colors, flavors, scents of my land:
Sicily.
I was born in Catania, smiling city that gently lie between the Ionio sea and the slopes of the Etna; the volcano the citizens of Catania has always lived with in such a tight relationship to name it confidentially ‘’a muntagna (‘the mountain’ in vernacular)’’.
A mountain that, majestic and proud, when gets angry explodes with its fury of burning lava changing itself in a slow, frightening but even fascinating river of fire that flows along its walk to get finally calm…but…, sometimes, its dull rumbles look like saying : ‘’sugnu sempri ‘ca (‘’I’m always here’’ in vernacular)’’.
The artist grew up in Catania and since she was a child revealed a strong disposition for painting; her favorite toys as well as inseparable friends were colors and paint brushes. During her adolescence the studies she’s done took her away from her passion but the love for painting remained the same and she has always kept on spending her free time among canvas and paint brushes.
Colors, flavors, scents of my land:
Sicily.
I was born in Catania, smiling city that gently lie between the Ionio sea and the slopes of the Etna; the volcano the citizens of Catania has always lived with in such a tight relationship to name it confidentially ‘’a muntagna (‘the mountain’ in vernacular)’’.
A mountain that, majestic and proud, when gets angry explodes with its fury of burning lava changing itself in a slow, frightening but even fascinating river of fire that flows along its walk to get finally calm…but…, sometimes, its dull rumbles look like saying : ‘’sugnu sempri ‘ca (‘’I’m always here’’ in vernacular)’’.
The artist grew up in Catania and since she was a child revealed a strong disposition for painting; her favorite toys as well as inseparable friends were colors and paint brushes. During her adolescence the studies she’s done took her away from her passion but the love for painting remained the same and she has always kept on spending her free time among canvas and paint brushes.