SONIA PARISI ART
The Collections
Although each collection is visually different, they are all connected by the same underlying themes of memory, identity and belonging.
My floral paintings are inspired by moments of love, remembrance and emotional connection, celebrating both the fragility and resilience found in nature and in our relationships.
My Tuscan urban landscapes are rooted in my mother's hometown, capturing the streets, light and architecture that first inspired me as a child. They are reflections on heritage, belonging and the enduring connection we feel to places that shape our lives.
The Time Travel collection explores memory in a more abstract way. Inspired by visits to my father's hometown in Italy, these works layer colour, texture and movement to express personal experiences while reflecting on family history, identity and the passage of time.
Between two Landscapes explores the meeting point between two places that have shaped my life, inspired by the rugged beauty of Scotland and warm and colour of Italy
Together, these collections form different chapters of the same story - one that explores how people, places and memories continue to shape who we become.
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Between Two Landscapes
Inspired by the wild beauty of Scotland and the rich colours of...
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Expressive Florals
The Expressive Florals collection explores the many ways love stays with us...
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Time Travel
Time Travel is a collection of intuitive mixed media abstracts, created through...
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Tuscany: A Place Called Home
Paintings of memory, heritage, and home This series is rooted in my...
Artist Statement
My work explores the emotional connections between memory, heritage and place. Through expressive oil and mixed media paintings, I create spaces where personal experiences are transformed into something universal, inviting others to find echoes of their own stories within the work.
Growing up between Scottish and Italian cultures, and shaped by both loss and belonging, I have always been drawn to the ways places, landscapes and nature hold memory. Whether inspired by the flowers that mark life's celebrations and reflections, the streets and landscapes of Tuscany, or the intuitive language of abstraction, each collection begins with an emotional response rather than a desire to simply represent what I see.
My process combines observation with intuition. Some works begin with photographs or reference imagery that provide a starting point, while others emerge entirely through instinctive mark-making. As each painting develops, colour, texture and gesture become the language through which the work finds its own direction.
Rather than creating literal records of places or moments, I seek to capture how they are remembered and felt. My hope is that each painting offers more than something to look at; it offers a quiet invitation to pause, reflect and form a personal connection, allowing every collector to discover their own meaning within the work.