Who's Antonio? He is an old man with a big heart coming from Sicliy. If you have a problem he will help you without asking a payment, if you have a doubt he will tell you an ancient story of his land and you'll see your troubles from another point of view. He seems to be a quite, gentle and old man, but every time i see him moving i can feel a enormous energy, like a giant locked up in a human body.
This conflict between his kindness and his energy is the real reason why I've decided to use a volcano eruption as background for his portrait. Pure and brilliant reds against dark browns....yes this is what I feel in his presence.
just one more thing to say : "Antonio, grazie".


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SW: Painter, using oils (mainly round camelhair and variable round) on a linen canvas.
You can see here the image steps from the basic scheme of an human head to skin planes and background. You can find here also the cellphone picture that I've used as reference.
And, if you want to see a 1:1 crop out, click here.

Finally, I apologize with mods for communication errors submitting the image. Thank you very much for your courtesy,
Serena.