RuthCadioli

For Cadioli meandering off the career path and dabbling in other fields of work has only reiterated the importance of coming back to painting. There is no plan B. Art is the only option.Part admiration, part escapism, part therapy. As an idealist living in a non-ideal world Cadioli holds onto beautiful moments by painting them into artworks to keep enjoying well after the inspiration has passed. Sour times can be sweetened by creating something powerful and tangible emerging from the ashes. Cadioli enjoys playing with the contrasts between texture, colour, form, and pattern amongst other things. The process is a complex game. A problem solving puzzle of many layers, an equation of different balancing acts on canvas. Imagination and dreams play a key role in her work. From a young age she was inspired by whimsical storybook illustrations. She paints in an intuitive way beginning with a general idea and building up many layers by the end of each piece...Read Less