LARA SPADETTO. PORTRAITS

Cordelia. King Lear character. (Shakespeare). Oil on Paper 20x 30cm). Cordelia is the youngest of King Lear’s three daughters, and his favorite. After her elderly father offers her the opportunity to profess her love to him in return for one third of the land in his kingdom, she refused and is banished.

“BE AWARE OF YOUR STRENGH”. LARA SPADETTO IS AN ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTIST CURRENTLY LIVING IN THE UK. THE THEMES THAT CONSTANTLY RECUR IN HER WORK ARE INNER RESEARCH,THE NECESSARY AND FUNDAMENTAL BALANCE IN EVERYTHING, AND DISCOVERY OF THE STRENGTH AND POWER THAT EACH OF US POSSESSES. SHE IS INSPIRED BY FEMALE FIGURES WHO CAN BE A MIRROR IN WHICH EVERY WOMAN CAN RECOGNISE HERSELF. WATERHOUSE, KLIMT, TAMARA DE LEMPIKA, CARAVAGGIO ARE HER INFLUENCES.

Myriam Lafuente Soler, giornalista spagnola (di Alicante), collabora per Agenda Viaggi scrivendo in spagnolo e inglese. Ci racconterà con i suoi articoli, le sue emozioni e i suoi punti vista. Una scelta inedita, che aggiunge un tocco internazionale al nostro magazine online.

Portia, is beautiful, gracious, rich, intelligent and high standar for her potencial romantic partners. (Female character from The merchant of Venice of Shakesperare). 20×30 cm

Milan, Italy.

How have you developed your career?

Following my completion of a two-year illustration course in Milan, I began my artistic career working jobs for a local newspaper, as an animator, as a scene designer in a scenographic lab, and as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. In 2007, I moved to Spain with the rest of my family, however, it was not until 2010 when I finally built up the courage to host my first personal exhibition in Barcelona. I found the experience so riveting that I made sure it was followed by many others (both personal and collective) in Italy, Spain, and the UAE (where I lived for 2 years).
Since childhood, art has always been a central part of my life. Art has brightened my cloudy days, and made my good days better; it has helped me to deal with my insecurities and understand my self-worth; it has behaved as a refuge, but also as a mouthpiece through which I could fearlessly express myself to the rest of the world.
Even though I learned the basics during my illustration course, I have taught myself most of the techniques I actively use when painting oil, acrylic, and watercolor. I love experimenting with new methods and approaches, trying to adapt them to my style and plan on continuing to do so as long as I am able to.

Artemis (The Greek goddess of wilderness)

Who are your biggest influences?

The artists who have most influenced me are: Caravaggio, for the use of light and shadows, John Waterhouse for the delicate and dreamlike representation of the female figure, Klimt for the explosive power of his works and the use of gold, Tamara de Lempicka for the use of strong and defined colors.

What materials do you use?

The technique that I prefer right now is oil on canvas, but it depends on the moment and the inspiration. I also love pencils and watercolor.I find acrylic suitable for abstract works or used partially in mixed media works. The speed it dries requires me to be fast in execution and this allows me to contain the meticulousness that sometimes traps me.

Elpis (the personification of hope in Greek mythology). Elpis (Hope) is the last spirit that is freed from the box Pandora received as a gift from Zeus. Only with her, the worl (that it had been invaded by evils spirits that came out first stats to live again. 30×30 cm.

What art do you most identify with?

I identify more with the portrait. I think it’s due to the challenge that is created each time between me and the canvas.The creation phase passes from the enthusiasm of the idea to frustration, melancholy, joy, rejection, abandonment, recovery, and love. It’s always a turbulent relationship, which doesn’t always have a happy ending. I have abandoned artworks in a corner that I can’t even bear to see. Great satisfaction is given to me by abstract landscapes. I feel free to experiment and to make mistakes.

Describe a real-life situation that inspires you…

I am generally inspired by nature. Or rather to say that news, a fact, a topic can ignite the spark in me, but I then need to let the seed settle, and walking in nature is what helps me to reconnect my thoughts, to search within myself why that particular topic has given birth to an emotion.I think we all have to give an image to our thoughts, fears, joys or frustrations and painting helps me along this path. It helps me to know myself better, to reflect, and measure myself with my beliefs.

Lara Spadetto. “As an artist, I want to inspire and that´s whoy I create strong, courageous, and independent female figures who can be a mirror in which you can reflect and recognize yourselve”. *Photo Rafael Vargas*

What is your strongest memory of your childhood?

There are 3 memories dearest to me from my childhood.The first dates back to when I was about 4 years old, I was in kindergarten and I discovered how to rudimentary draw hands, I remember the joy I felt for that discovery, it is a memory that I keep sweetly.The second memory concerns the research I used to do, when I was about 8/10 years old, for faces to portray, stealing them from my mother’s fashion magazines, and how I spent whole afternoons drawing female faces.Third, when in the sixth grade, the art education teacher explained the anatomy of the eye to us, I still use the concepts that she explained in that lesson.

What themes do you pursue?

The themes that constantly recur in my works are inner research, the necessary and fundamental balance in everything, and the discovery of the strength and power that each of us possesses, but which sometimes we do not know how to recognize. I deeply feel the desire and the need to transmit harmony and balance with my paintings. Everything lives in perfect equilibrium, nothing makes sense without its opposite,