Giovanni Cara
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I finally recognized myself when I discovered a “space” called Art.

Painting is a means of knowledge.

Over the last ten years, I decided to dedicate myself to my passion for Art and to further my artistic education by attending workshops of well-known "Maestri" studying the methods and tools of the Fine Arts.
I, therefore, attended classes focusing on oil and watercolour painting, engraving and acquaforte, as well as clay sculpure.
I later gained a diploma in "Tecniche Pittoriche" at the "Accademia delle Arti Ornamentali San Giacomo" in Rome, Italy.


The human figure: poetry in the material.

I am particularly attracted by the human body - reference of harmony - the proportional masses of the figure and its expressive form.
Studying anatomy has become my passion and I am aware of the great pleasure when painting the forms, the colours and the movements of body shapes.
Over the last three years in Rome, I have attended classes focusing on Anatomy,
the human figure and portrait, as well as “scuola del nudo”.
Furthermore, in New York, I attended classes for “Life drawing and painting” at
the “Academy of Art” and at the prestigious “Art Students League of New York”.

Some of my paintings have been on show in group exhibitions organised by the Rome City Council or by the Academies I have attended.
During my working life I have been engaged primarily in graphic design: it offered me the possibility to pursue my passion for the Fine Arts.

There can be no doubt, colours and creativity are at the core of my being.
Art is the privileged path I intend to travel.