His father, well-known floriculturist, introduced the young boy to the world of plants and flowers. It was just throught the contact with the most different shapes and colours that in Natalino De Michelis came out an artistic sensitiveness firstly inclined towards the acquisition of a making up ability which made him earn numerous and impressive reviews throught his presence in floreal exhibitions and competitions with compositions which reminded sculpture very strongly.
Afterwards he devoted himself to drawing and painting passionately, introducing all the colours and the shapes of his world of flowers, sea and sun. His works are quite realistic and somethimes they are interpreted in an extremely original way. The colours, light, strong and skilfully mixed up between contrast an shape.
Natalino De Michelis attended some painting courses; read books of art, visited galleries, museums and exhibitions; he needed all this to better understand himself and what he wanded to express. In 1982 he met master Salvador Aulestia, famous Catalan (Spanish) artist known all over the world, who understood De Michelis potential value and encouraged him to work, advised him to avoid exterior influences and to look for motivations inside himself.
After this important meeting, Natalino De Michelis went on with enthusiasm with his career of trueartist who runs away from the easy marketing and directs towards the creation of works of art. He is a restless soul continuously searching his own pictorical expression; he does not stop in front of his first achievements and successes, but he keeps on, almost frenetically, exploring new styles and new techniques for a continous evolution of his own painting.
Natalino De Michelis took part in some joint exhibitions in Cataluña (Spain) and in Ligura (Italy) earning very good assens and reviews.
In his last works it is an abstract tendency which prevails even through we can sense a reference to landscape and floral shapes and colours. The colours are warmer and the technique used to achieve feelings of great strength and, at the same time, great global harmony is very interesting an new.
Calle al tramonto - 100x100 - mixed media
on canvas
L'astronave - 60x80 - mixed media on canvas
Sterlizie - 100x120 - mixed media on canvas
