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Paul Zimmerman in conversation with Maria Teresa Guala MTG: I draw inspiration from reading newspapers, magazines
Paul Zimermman: You were born in the artistic family. Tell us and art books and a lot of imagination.
about your background. PZ: Which artists influenced you?

Maria Teresa Guala: I am coming from a notable family of MTG: Picasso, Miro and Matisse.
artists Monferrato (exactly Acqui Terme). My father was PZ: How would you describe your style?
painter, designer and advertiser (curator of TO-Esposizioni- MTG: An abstract expressionist.

Italia ’61). The same for my uncle and cousins, my grandfather Bicycle, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 20” x 27″
was a wood sculptor. After my extensive research in the PZ: What are you working on now?
church archives I found that my ancestor Pier Francesco Guala MTG: I would like to paint something ecclesiastic.
(1700) was an important artist in that period. PZ: How do you create your paintings?
PZ: How did you become interested in art? MTG: Spontaneously, it depends from the moment. When I am

MTG: I became interested in art when I was a child and inspired, I give everything up and run to paint.
received many awards PZ: What are your next projects?
PZ: How did your studies at the Turin’s Albertina Academy MTG: A solo exhibition at Castello Miradolo near Turin with

shape your practice? Prof. Sgarbi and GAM Turin.
MTG: During 1960s I studied languages and attended PZ: Does this pandemic impact your work and sensibility?
lessons at Accademia Albertina drawing nudes and still-life in MTG: During the lockdown I was more inspired: silence, less
the studio of Prof. Filippo Scroppo who recommended me to traffic, less pollution… I live near an important park and I have
become a scene painter. seen the return of seagulls, swallows and other creatures.

PZ: Where do you find inspiration for your paintings? Source. http://arterynyc.com/2020/10/13/spotlight-maria-teresa-guala/

AWAKENING, 2019 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 28X40 IN. | 71.1X101.1 CM.

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