Peter D'Alessandri Portrait and Figurative Artist
Award winning British artist. Portrait commissions undertaken.
I’m showing this painting – Man With Ridiculous Hair – at the Selfie Exhibition at Candid Arts Trust.
The exhibition runs from 23rd February until the 4th March. Candid Arts Gallery is located at 3-5 Torrens Street, London EC1V 1NQ, just a short distance from Angel station.
Last weekends’s event “Unexpected”, presented by Stomach, went well. Despite the nearest train station being closed for engineering work, there was still a good turn out. In fact, the security guy had to usher people out the door at 11pm, as the artists were trying to take their works down. Not bad for an art exhibition.
There was music, performance art, and snacks served by a naked waiter. I look forward to seeing Stomach IV next year.
performance art in front of my work
I’ll be showing a few paintings at the upcoming Stomach III exhibition/show at Hoxton Arches. It’s on for one day only, and if the previous event – Stomach II – is anything to go by, it’s sure to be an entertaining evening.
This is a portrait of my friend and fellow artist Tarique. He posed in front of one of is wonderful large landscape paintings, which went quite well with his striped shirt.
It was an interesting challenge painting his painting. He uses a quite different palette to my own, and it was fun playing around with different blues.
I have been looking for a new model to work with for quite some time, and last week I had a drawing session with the fascinating Dominic Blake. As well as being a professional life model he is also a writer on art and a campaigner for better working conditions for life models. If you are a life model or even an artist who employs models, you should really check out his website: dominicblake.co.uk/are-life-models-artists
I am planning a new series of paintings, where the model is set within a domestic environment, in natural poses; either relaxing, bathing or doing chores. It’s a return to a theme I worked on about ten years ago and was inspired by Degas’ wonderful pastel nudes.
The sitting went well enough. As it turned out, we didn’t move out of the kitchen, as the light was so good in there.
Update: Painting completed
It took me a while to get the expression I wanted, but I’m pleased with how it turned out.