The dream of my life
The purpose of my art is to inspire reflection on the beauty and vulnerability of natural habitats and their living beings. I hope that the message inherent my works will awaken hearts and minds to the urgent need to preserve and protect all living beings. Each of them has the right to live with the respect they deserve on this unique, wonderful blue Planet.
BIOGRAPHY
Anna Rita Centura is an Italian artist.
She attended the Art Institute in Orvieto her hometown, studying “Graphic arts, advertising and photography”.
After finished her studies, she has collaborated as painter and decorator for architects, as illustrator and graphic designer for Italian magazines and as visualizer for advertising agencies.
On 1990, she started with her professional fine art career focused only on Drawing and Painting. She has always had a great interest in figurative art, that now also includes her passion for wildlife.
Her drawings/paintings are in some worldwide private collections. She works and receives in her own atelier Orvieto-Italy.
STATEMENT
I've been drawing for as long as I can remember.
This technique has now become a distinctive peculiarity of my professional artistic identity, developing in me an ever deeper awareness and sensitivity.
Chiaroscuro has always evoked profound emotional nuances within me.
By observing and experiencing, new ideas and techniques are constantly evolving, and so for years my studies and interests have involved the use of painting, which I increasingly use both independently and in symbiosis with drawing, I find this is very stimulating and rewarding.
The process of finding the right technique to create a artwork is fundamental for me, and it is the creation itself that guides me on how to proceed.
Contemplating, creating, drawing, painting and feeling the moment when the work is complete is a delicate process that requires total and absolute attention.
Every work I create is part of me in all its phases. I love its vital force, its history and the time it takes to complete it.
For works on paper, I use graphite, pastels, watercolors, gouache, ink, and rarely charcoal.
For works on canvas (fine grain, cotton or linen), I mainly use oil or acrylic. Another option, which I often exercise, is to mount thick paper on canvas, which allows me to freely use any technique that inspiration suggests.
I have always been fascinated by the mastery of Flemish and Renaissance painters. Every artist, without exception, has taught me so much.
Perception, poetry, empathy, enigma, and symbolism are the beliefs of my visual communication.
Symbolism, in particular, is the key that unlocks emotional states and visual memory, thus becoming a source of reflection.
This symbolic and personal vision has nurtured within me the desire to represent the voice of Nature and the profound connection I feel with it. Respect for Nature, my home, its creatures, my family that is the dominant inspiration behind my work.
My purpose is to raise viewers' awareness on the profound connection that exists between all living species and feel them as part of our own world. Feelings and emotions that can enrich the treasure chest, like our precious and intimate memories, part of the journey of our personal lives.
I believe that what should capture in art is not the first glance or visual impact, but the understanding of the concept and the sensitivity that derives from it and that remains internalised.
Observation, Reflection and Discernment.
EXHIBITIONS
2024: A&I Fine Arts Studio - Orvieto (ITALY)
2018: A&I Fine Arts Studio - Orvieto (ITALY)
2017: Painted Dog Conservation Inc - Perth, Sydney, Melbourne (AUSTRALIA)
2016: Painted Dog Conservation Inc - Perth (AUSTRALIA)
2015: A&I Fine Arts Studio - Orvieto (ITALY)
2015: Painted Dog Conservation Inc - Perth, Sydney, Melbourne (AUSTRALIA)
2014: A&I Fine Arts Studio - Orvieto (ITALY)
2013: A&I Fine Arts Studio - Orvieto (ITALY)
2012: “PARALLAX AF 15-18th ” - London (UK)
2011: “COMPLESSO MONUMENTALE DI S.ANDREA AL QUIRINALE - Rome (ITALY)
2010: LATINO ART MUSEUM Pomona, Ontario -Los Angeles Ca (USA)
2006: “ART NICE EXPO” - Nice ( FRANCE)
2006: “MUSE IN MUSICA” Palazzo Sforza della Cervara - Orvieto (ITALY)
2006: “MEMORIE DI ALTRI TEMPI” - Allerona (ITALY)
2001: “BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE DELL’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA” - Florence (ITALY)
2001: “MODERN ART” Palazzo dei Sette - Orvieto (ITALY)
2001: “14° BIENNALE NAZIONALE DI PITTURA” - Modena (ITALY)
2001: GALLERIA MINERVA - Perugia (ITALY)
2001: IPSO ART GALLERY - Perugia (ITALY)
2001: “PALAZZO DEI SETTE” - Orvieto (ITALY)
2000: “ASS. CULTURALE ROMA ARTE” - Rome (ITALY)
1999: “W.F.A. GALLERY” - New York (USA)
1997: “IL TEMPO” Sala Conferenze - Rome (ITALY)
1997: FEYENOORD - Rotterdam (NETHERLANDS)
Worldwide Private Collections
Mrs and Mr Vučević
Illinois
Painted Dog Conservation Inc.
Australia
Mrs. and Mr. Lemon
Australia
Mr. Ingram
UK
Mr. Evans
Ireland
Mr. Richardson
South Africa
Mr. Bosch
USA
Mr. Lepri
Italy
Mrs. and Mr. Frizzi
Italy
Ms. Berard
Canada
Mr. Musumarra
Italy
Mr. Mariani
Italy
