ARTWORK DESCRIPTION:

Sara Menon’s watercolour shows a Marsican bear trying to climb the San Giovanni d’Antro staircase in the Natisone Valleys (a place located in Friuli Venezia Giulia on the border with Slovenia). The staircase leads to the bear cave of the same name, which can still be visited today. Legend has it that it was once the home of a bear and Sara likes to remember this place.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:

Born in 1985 and growing up in Aquileia, Italy. Sara Menon received an academic degree at the Institute of Conservation in Mantua, Italy. She started to work as a scientific illustrator in 2002 teaming up with a forensic scientist and producing detailed plates for his publications. Thanks to the European Institute of Design in Milan she had the opportunity to meet the Italian illustrator Massimo Demma, who taught her the methods and techniques used in this field, as well as further knowledge about natural science illustration. She has exhibited her work in the United States, Australia, UK and Italy.