Video: Otherworldly. Angels and fairies in the work of Anthony Santella (Anthony Santella)
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
About his work, the author says: "In my work you can see many nuances characteristic of medieval religious painting, British art of the 19th century, fantasy art, as well as modern art, such as book illustrations and drawings for comics." But the artist in no way positions himself as an adherent of any of these movements - it is simply convenient for him to combine all this in order to create his own unusual paintings, which could be called otherworldly. There are a lot of angels and fairies watching from their canvases. Anthony Santella … This author can be called a mnogostanochnik. In a good sense of the word. His archive contains both watercolors and graphics, as well as wood sculptures and figures cut from paper. But the main thing is the angels. Light and beautiful, sad and inconsolable, suffering and saving, - like this world under the veneer of everyday life and worldly vanity.
The works of Anthony Santella, again, in the words of the author, are intended primarily to remind people of what should never be neglected: hope, love and belief in miracles. "I can't force a person to share my point of view, to look at the world through my eyes. But I can show them what I see. Offer my story," says Anthony.
These and other works of the artist can be seen on his website.
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