The Artists Model

An original still life, painted in layers of oil on linen, featuring an open corset, paintbrushes, and an intricately crafted bracelet on a bed of rumpled sheets. Questions arise: Where is the artist's model? What has happened here? Or perhaps, this scene is a model for the artist—freedom from restraint, yet with a delicate cuff of discipline, equipped with the right tools, immersed in a tousled bed of creativity…
While I loved working on the details of this piece—the elaborate metal designs on the bracelet, the elegant embroidery on the corset, and every sumptuous fold of the bed linens—by loosening the laces of perfection, we invite other energies to appear. In sections of the sheets it actually felt like painting the muscular curves of a Leonardo horse. As artists, we are fortunate to feel the occasional whispers of masters past, while we create the yet unknown. This memory of inspiration has made The Artists Model hold a special place in my collection, and I still get entranced looking at it, while, in letting it go, I always hoped it might find a home back in Italy. Homage to the Maestri, past and future!