Giuseppe Ferlito started to paint in 2010 in Los Angeles while he was writing the first draft of the script of the movie “88”. Between making one film and another, he has some breaks, and often these periods are frustrating because he is unable to give vent to his creativity. “I started to paint as a remedy to this kind of frustration, and to this day I believe that painting for me is therapeutic because it allows me to discharge all the emotions that I am feeling onto the painting, to face my fears and to confront myself and my insecurities”.
Ferlito paints on different surfaces: canvas, cardboard, plywood, and walls. Many of his works are nowadays untraceable as they were done on non-transportable surfaces such as walls in some of his friend’s houses, tables, shutters, and many other surfaces. He finds that his biggest fulfillment is in carrying out the work and not in possessing it. “I don’t use a precise technique. When I direct a movie I mainly try to recreate emotions in various ways, but there I have a film crew and actors to guide. In painting somehow it’s easier because I only have to direct my creativity using colors as a vehicle”.

Mixed Media on canvas 48" x 56"