Alvaro Petritoli
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After studying for a degree in his home city of Rome, Alvaro took a postgraduate degree in Historical Studies in Naples before moving to London to do a Fine Art degree at Central St. Martins.
Preferring the light of a more northerly hemisphere and with more freedom to explore and develop his artistic ideas, he decided to stay and moved to the Sussex coast.
He usually develops ideas on paper and takes time over the backgrounds, using different methods to get the desired effect; phototransfers, soluble inks washed away with bleach along with traditional mediums of oil, watercolour and acrylics. His subjects are as diverse as whales and dragonflies, to which he may add writing or tiny pieces from old letters or books. Some of these paper pieces are the size of a postcard and can be made into collections of subjects or colour schemes. His aim is to create a network of recurring elements charged with symbolic value. Viewers are invited to envisage their own path and interpretations through the labyrinth of images.
He is constantly trying out new techniques and being inspired with ever diverse subjects which makes his work unusual and unique.
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After studying for a degree in his home city of Rome, Alvaro took a postgraduate degree in Historical Studies in Naples before moving to London to do a Fine Art degree at Central St. Martins.
Preferring the light of a more northerly hemisphere and with more freedom to explore and develop his artistic ideas, he decided to stay and moved to the Sussex coast.
He usually develops ideas on paper and takes time over the backgrounds, using different methods to get the desired effect; phototransfers, soluble inks washed away with bleach along with traditional mediums of oil, watercolour and acrylics. His subjects are as diverse as whales and dragonflies, to which he may add writing or tiny pieces from old letters or books. Some of these paper pieces are the size of a postcard and can be made into collections of subjects or colour schemes. His aim is to create a network of recurring elements charged with symbolic value. Viewers are invited to envisage their own path and interpretations through the labyrinth of images.
He is constantly trying out new techniques and being inspired with ever diverse subjects which makes his work unusual and unique.
Paris
Watercolour and ink on paper, 55 x 65cm
Watercolour and ink on paper, 55 x 65cm
Tentacles
Watercolour and ink on paper, 55 x 65cm
Watercolour and ink on paper, 55 x 65cm
Red Jellyfish
Framed mixed media, 55 x 65cm
Framed mixed media, 55 x 65cm
Riverscape
Mixed Media, 100 x 25cm
Mixed Media, 100 x 25cm
Four unframed single miniatures
Mixed media on paper, 7 x 10cm
Mixed media on paper, 7 x 10cm
6 Orange Miniatures
Framed watercolour and ink on paper, 42 x 39cm
Framed watercolour and ink on paper, 42 x 39cm
Mushroom
Framed watercolour and ink on paper
Framed watercolour and ink on paper
Three unframed single miniatures
Mixed media on paper, 7 x 10cm
Mixed media on paper, 7 x 10cm
Light Bulbs and Moths
Unframed, mixed media on canvas, 13 x 13cm
Unframed, mixed media on canvas, 13 x 13cm
Three Beetles
Unframed, mixed media on canvas, 30 x 40cm
Unframed, mixed media on canvas, 30 x 40cm
London Bridge
Framed, mixed media on canvas
Framed, mixed media on canvas
Magnolia
Unframed, oil on board, 30 x 40cm
Unframed, oil on board, 30 x 40cm
Blue Dandelion Head
Unframed, oil on canvas 50 x 60cm
Unframed, oil on canvas 50 x 60cm