March 2026
Featured Artist: Siro Carraro on Painting Stories, Faces and Human Connection
In this month’s Featured Artist, we speak with painter Siro Carraro, whose expressive paintings explore the complexity of human relationships, emotions and everyday encounters. Before becoming a visual artist, Siro worked for many years as an actor in theatre, television and documentaries. He also performed voice work for several characters in the Italian version of the PlayStation game Metal Gear. When a period of illness forced him to stop acting, it led him to begin studying art and exploring a new creative direction. From Acting to Painting Siro Carraro, contemporary painter. After attending a short drawing course,
Off-Grid Living and Meditation: A Small Practice That Keeps Things Grounded
Bron Yr Aur, my home, sits among forests and hills. It is powered by the weather and surrounded by growing food and open sky. In many ways, it has become the beating heart of our global micronation, a place rooted in land, seasons, and simpler living. Living off-grid brings its own rhythms, and meditation has become one of the simplest ways I stay grounded within them. From the outside, it might seem like a complete escape from the modern world. But the reality is more complicated. Even as I live off-grid as an artist, ecologist, and community builder, I am