On occasion, it is customary for an artist to express the reasons for his work. More often than not, we read very deep philosophical expressions and explanations. There is no deep philosophical explanation for this latest work. No long and esoteric discourse on searching for some new horizons.

Simply, this particular group of paintings had its inspiration from my grandson, Noah. As a one year old, he had done several drawings of circles in various colors. I was fascinated by them and decided to turn one of the them into a painting (see Circles). As a result, I started to more closely study children's works and gathered as much visual vocabulary of their work as possible.

As adults, we cannot think or draw like children. We can only try to imitate or copy them. Even then, you can only approximate their way of thinking. Children have a wonderful imagination, unburdened by all the baggage that we carry as adults. They express themselves in such a simple, warm, often humorous and entertaining way.

I tried to capture that feeling in these paintings. And, although inspired by their drawings, I have tried to give the work a contemporary feel and sophistication.

For all of us, it's impossible to remember the joy, the fun that we felt drawing and coloring as children. But, the joy and fun I felt doing these paintings gives me a pretty good idea what that was like.
~ Antonio Macioce ~