Cucaro paints human energy more than individual humans. In many of his paintings: * Faces fragment into geometric shapes * Crowds become rhythmic patterns * Buildings and bodies merge * Brushwork creates motion rather than detail * Colour carries emotion more than realism The longer you look, the more recognizable forms emerge. At first you see abstract blocks and texture; then suddenly: * a hat * a face * a hand * a couple dancing * a crowd watching * a city at night That de