Carolina Polara Born and raised in Florence, then moved to Viareggio, by the sea. I have been working in the fashion industry as a designer since I was in my twenties, and two years ago I began to carve out a space for painting as I was younger. To me painting and sketching is a way to free my mind and to pour on canvas all my struggles and feelings. When I look at my artworks again after a while I see a kind of magic and I ask to my insecure self: “Did I really do this? How was the process?” I love painting sceneries full of pathos and especially portraying women that I feel are “telling” me something. I like expressing and marking on canvas my universal feelings. At the same time, I also use my brushes to paint something merely abstract and symbolical, thinking that I am trying in my own way to send a message to someone.