Jessica Pintaldi

I've developed my own research, starting from "Oscar Kokoschka's School of Seeing" background, where Students sharpen their visual perception by observing moving models, and then quickly painting in watercolours (which are not susceptible of correction), thus achieving a better insight into the world.

The artwork is focused on this watercolour technique, and other media, such as egg tempera, directing the creation on an ethereal, floating painting surface.

My recent series of paintings is centred on "cosmogony landscapes and primordial nature." It is a personal walk around ancient stories and myths of creation.

The approach I used for this series is through a traditional Italian media, "Eggs Tempera," to rediscover the magical relationship between matter and creation, which some painters have lost. Making my own colours, using Cennino Cennini recipes from his famous art book written in the early 400s, is a perfect technique to create thin surfaces of paint and detailed textures.

The result is a journey into forgotten lands, where the colour still speaks directly, and maintains its evocative power.