"When we move toward them, the faces disappear into the work’s frothy surfaces, only to reappear as we step back. This phenomenon is called pareidolia, a common type of psychological projection that artists have exploited for centuries...Ugolini’s subtle faces can be sinister or even a bit scary, rather like what we imagine when we gaze into leaping flames or bilious clouds. This point needs to be stressed, because the overall demeanor of Ugolini’s paintings is ebullient and quite cheerful, deceptively so in more than a few instances," writes Mark Van Proyen.