Artist Statement
Born in Milan, Italy, Anna Cocumarolo currently lives and works in London. She started drawing and painting as a young child and in her early twenties she studied at the State College of Fine Arts, Milan. After graduating she exhibited solo and collectively in Europe and won several painting prizes. Anna has exhibited in London at the Annual Exhibition 'Society of Women Artists'. At the Westminster Gallery and at the Cork Street Open Exhibition.
"It was Monet who inspired me as a child. He taught me that you have to paint what you see not what you know to be there. My work is a spontaneous response to what I see. I am most inspired by nature chosen from the rural environment. Often located in the twilight zone. I feel involved in the magic atmosphere and the sense of mystery typically nocturnal"
"It was Monet who inspired me as a child. He taught me that you have to paint what you see not what you know to be there. My work is a spontaneous response to what I see. I am most inspired by nature chosen from the rural environment. Often located in the twilight zone. I feel involved in the magic atmosphere and the sense of mystery typically nocturnal"