Nicolò studied illustration at the International Academy of Comics in Turin - hence the bold, seemingly continuous movement featured in his work - and he always has a sketchbook and pencils with him in case something catches his eye. His design process usually ends in his studio where he "re-elaborates" these sketches and moves on to "the color test," of watercolors, pastels or his favorite medium to use at this stage, crayons. "For the final piece I try to follow the lines and 'color decisions' I made," he says. "But I almost always give way to my eyes and hand and paint instinctively."

This has a way of "involving" viewers with the final pieces of art. Since they are created based on the artists' instincts, it stands to reason that viewers are "free to give [the art] meanings which maybe I hadn't even thought of; free to feel emotions that I didn't feel while I was painting," as Nicolò says.

"At school, teachers always told me that an artist should have a precise, recognizable style for all their work," he says. "And I spent a lot of time looking for [mine] until I realized that being capable to fit into many styles wasn't a weakness but a strength." Staring at his emotion and motion filled works, we believe that even his teachers would now agree that his mission has probably been accomplished.