Carol Botto was born in Genoa in 1971. She has a very cosmopolitan background as her mother is of Italian, English and Ecuadorian ancestry, and her father, being a sailor, has taken his family to exotic places. Till the age of 17 she lived in Chiavari. where she attended the “Marconi.” Scientific High School. She completed her education in Pieve di Cadore in 1988.
During the first 18 years of life she travelled a lot, a passion that she still cultivates today.
While living in Belluno she attended a course for interpreters at the Marco Polo School with the same constant idea in her mind: travelling. Finally at the age of 29 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, she discovered her real passion: painting. In a short time, she became a hyperrealist and won several art contests. In 2002 she presented her first exhibition in Italy where her paintings are now exhibited and sold regularly.
Her style ranges from bright colours to black and white. Her favourite themes are “water” and “children”, and her paintings of fruits are luscious and those of cigars are sensual. She is always discovering new and new experiences such as the association of colors to black and white. She is constantly seeking for something that photography cannot give us. Confronted by her art you experience the surfacing of emotions that are hard to explain. The loneliness she has often experienced reflects in the serenity of her works, while her vitality is revealed by the vividness of her colours that transmit a feeling of happiness.