Profile
Sonia Siccardo grew up on the Italian Riviera. She has had a passion for the arts since childhood, and she was fortunate to grow up in a region rich with artists' studios where she spent each summer learning a different art medium, from oil to ceramics to mosaics to sculpture. Sonia has a degree in education and in 1986 she left her teaching career to move to the Bay Area, where she lives.
Sonia has been working with watercolor for over two decades. She has traveled extensively throughout Europe and has spent two and a half years living in beautiful Aix en Provence, in the south of France. In Provence she worked under the tutelage of internationally recognized artists Monique Faillard and Dominique Lafitte, painting the suggestive landscapes around the St. Victoire Mountain and the still nature scenes favored by Paul Cezanne. She has brought these experiences with her upon her return to California.
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Sonia’s sources of inspiration include landscapes and seascapes that give intense impressions, from the wildflowers of California to the coasts of Hawaii and Sardinia to the mountains of Yosemite, the Alps and the Dolomites. Her goal is to depict the emotions conveyed by nature through dynamic shades of color, light and depth.
Sonia’s painting “Passo Rolle” was selected for the national juried art exhibition “Waterworks” at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto, California. Her painting of “Cassis” was selected as finalist for the fifth edition of University Art Open, an art exhibition juried by professor Kelly Detweiler of Santa Clara University. In addition, her paintings were juried into the Pacific Art League’s Community Sites for display at locations around the Bay Area. Sonia's "Tulip Fiesta' won the People's Choice award in an exhibit of the Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society and was featured as finalist in a juried University Art Open event. Sonia’s art has also been on display in several Bay Area exhibitions and in the Silicon Valley Foundation.
