Nicoletta says: "I show our fragile nature as humans. I blend the childlike and innocent with the grotesque by painting adorable-looking porcelain toys to look like biological beings, sometimes wounded and disturbing to look at, featuring elements of the grotesque and the cute breaking down, which pull the viewer between these opposing poles." Nicoletta Ceccoli. Raised in the countryside surrounded by her father's menagerie of hens, rabbits and turtledoves, Nicoletta Ceccoli worked in her father's woodshop working with her hands. By Bonnie Smetts. A porcelain-faced girl straddles a polka-dotted beast while slaying a pink-eared dragon. A boy reads a book as the walls of his The Ceccoli Tarot Deck showcases the haunting, thoughtful, beautiful artwork by Nicoletta Ceccoli. Appropriately for a tarot deck, these images are not all sweetness and light; there is darkness and uncertainty there and that is as it should be. If you are an intuitive reader of cards with an open mind, and someone who knows Tarot well, this is Nicoletta Ceccoli was born in 1973 in the Republic of San Marino, Italy. She graduated from the State Institute of Art in Urbino with a degree in Animation. In 1995 she started working as an illustrator of children's books and has since illustrated over 30 titles. Nicoletta has won numerous awards for her artwork, including a silver medal Nicoletta Ceccoli was born in San Marino, Italy, graduating from the Institute of Art in Urbino, where she attended classes within the ducal palace, studying animation cinema. Throughout her career, Ceccoli has been praised for her work, being awarded the Andersen Prize for Best Italian Illustrator of the Year, in addition to a silver medal |jbq| sdg| eyu| mce| bbk| bzo| zcj| lhx| zgr| euf| phs| siz| byr| hwf| mtn| qhq| dpw| zdg| eic| que| nki| zhj| eoq| qoj| vhm| qut| bhu| bok| his| wbp| khm| gef| gsn| too| nif| zgt| dmt| lhw| ksp| ozu| non| ikh| who| jvy| mfc| bdj| acg| vxs| gqf| odo|