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I'm always happy to spend my afternoons at home, painting.
My house is in the middle of nowhere...but it's a pretty nowhere!
I love everything about this place: the silence, the nature and the view.
I could not live in a city anymore.
A creative person should know which is the best environment to feed creativity.
Even if I love to travel, it's such a nice feeling to be back home.
Another thing I love is working with the hands..What a pleasure.
Recently I found a blog called "A pair & a Spare".
Geneva, the Author, gives a lot of fancy tips about DIY (do it yourself).
My favourites sections are "home and interior" and "sewing"
http://apairandasparediy.com/
What I've learned from this blog is also to find our ideal costumers.
In my career I have the chance to work with big names, like The Times Newspaper, Moschino Jeans, Corriere della Sera Newspaper, Quiksilver just to name a few.
I love the challenge, visibility and prestige these clients allow my works to have...
But
I also found out that being in touch with smaller realities can be very nice too,
especially when people contact me for a painting. That is great!
A very important step in my creative search was when I realized how much pleasure I had realizing portraits. When the painting looks like the person in front of me, I feel like a magician who got reach to the fundamental nature (quintessence) of the individual. It is an alchemical process that makes me feel very close and connected to both the portrait and the subject. Every time I travel, I sketch people I meet and it makes books full of stories, lives and friends for me. This is a way to keep them in my heart, as every single drawing means feelings, impressions and memories that will last forever. The best was when a friend shyly asked me: "Natalia... Would you do a portrait for me?" And the story began. If you want a custom portrait too, contact me!
nresmini@iuav.it
To close this post I'm happy to share two painters that were very inspiring in my search: David Hockney and Alex Katz and some other photographers I discovered through Instagram |
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| some of my potraits, for various costumers |
