"This artwork commemorates one of the most recent findings at Pompeii's archaeological site, a turtle with its egg. A gradual moment of existence inscribed in history that, after many years, came to us full of significance. The discovered remains were of a land turtle, while mine is a sea turtle because of my connection with it. In a year when I, too, am expecting a child, I wanted to mark the passage of time this way. I utilised fluorescent paint, which lights some of the design features at night. I wanted to do something that appeared gradually." - Marco De Rosa 
 

Marco De Rosa is originally from the Amalfi coast. He graduated in Communication Design at the NABA Art and Design Academy in Milan and received a degree in Art Therapy at the Della Cittadella Pro Civitate Christiana School in Assisi, Perugia. Since 2002, he has worked in communication, first as a graphic designer and now as a copywriter, social media manager, and communication manager. 

He enjoys developing his imagination in many formats using different means. For years he has worked with a variety of individuals, including children, the elderly, and the disabled, on projects with municipalities and schools, conducting artistic workshops aimed at enhancing aspects of socialisation, in collaboration with professors, educators, psychologists, and others. He also writes comical short stories.