Pharmacist by profession and artist at heart

Abstract

Strictly speaking I should be interviewing a pharmacist. And yet, the first thing I get to see are canvases of paintings - beautifully and delicately made scenes of Maltese corners. Not the usual tourist scenes which just about every other artist attempts to experiment with now and again, but snippets of curiosity eked out of your average Maltese streetscape. When considering a 'pjazza' this artist does not take in the architectural details facades, but rather hones in on the most innocuous and probably ignored element of all, focusing on it so intently that it acquires independent aplomb. This is the art of Maria Rossella Dalmas, a pharmacist by profession and an artist at heart.