What drives a pingpong champion, even after taking early retirement, to engage in a field as far removed and difficult as painting ?

Sandro Peterlini replies that it is passion that drives him and we must believe him. Having admired his magnificent “shots” at the pingpong table we can only look with sympathy at the “shots” of explosive acrylic colours scattered on his drawing paper and canvas.

At first glance, they seem like the frowning and neurotic expressions of a divided and unhappy heart; however, upon closer inspection, one discovers that the malaise becomes fearless and angry in a world of stars and teeth that bite into the imagination.