International Women’s Day
Dlessandri fine art | artwork by contemporary figurative artist .
by Peter D'Alessandri
3w ago
‘Inspire Inclusion’ is the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day. A worthy cause during a time of such divisive politics and religious intolerance. I wanted to use the occasion to post something about a remarkable woman with whom I was fortunate to share my life. Sadly for too short a time. Veronica’s Story That Creeping Shadow Veronica was my partner and my muse. She suffered serious ill health from her youth, with the rare liver disease primary sclerosing cholangitis. When I first met her, she had received a liver transplant, and was constantly living under the spectre of the return ..read more
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Will AI replace portrait artists?
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by Peter D'Alessandri
2M ago
Detail from The Singer Recent analysis by the IMF warns that AI will “affect almost 40 percent of jobs around the world.” It got me thinking whether my job is at risk. Can AI replace the work of portrait painters? To answer this question, first you have to look at what special skills portrait painters can offer, and then compare them with what AI is good at. Creativity Robot artist Ai-Da standing next to one of her self=portraits Creativity is supposed to be what artists are good at. You go to an artist because you want them to produce something original – something that you couldn’t imagine y ..read more
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Portrait Artist Studio in Eastbourne
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by Peter D'Alessandri
3M ago
So now I am an Eastbourne portrait artist. After a few moves along the coast, I have settled in Eastbourne, where I am setting up my studio space ready for portrait commissions. Eastbourne is a seaside town in East Sussex, on the south coast. Brighton is just twenty miles along the coast, and London a 90 minute train journey away. It might prove to be a good location for people wanting to fit in a visit to the seaside along with their portrait sitting. Available for Portrait Commissions If you would like to discuss commissioning a bespoke work of art, then please get in touch via the email a ..read more
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Art and War
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by Peter D'Alessandri
4M ago
detail from Alleged Assault on Pax by MarsThe Disaster of War War and conflict has been the subject of much of my recent artwork. The unchecked march of ISIS in the middle east first prompted me to address this subject. The preparation for the coming war against China reinforced my interest. The political climate that was feeding this frenzy was the inspiration behind my painting “Alleged Assault on Pax by Mars”. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine I felt a compulsion to work full time on “Men Wrestling” and “The Disasters of War”.  Even though I was neglecting more commercial work, I fe ..read more
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Why Commission a Portrait Painting
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by Peter D'Alessandri
4M ago
Why would you commission a portrait painting? This is a question I often ponder over. Commissioning a portrait is not a spontaneous decision – it requires an investment of your time and money. It’s not just about recording a likeness, otherwise a photo will do. So why choose to commission an artist to paint your portrait? Is there a serious role for portrait painting in the modern world, or is it just a niche interest – a curious relic from history. In the past a portrait might have been a symbol of wealth and status. But that was mainly down to the cost. Nowadays art materials cost a fractio ..read more
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Nude Art
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by Peter D'Alessandri
6M ago
Unnamed PortraitsSo, why do I paint nudes? Why do I feature nude figures in so many of my paintings? It would certainly be easier to market my artwork if I just painted landscapes: no more polite rejections from venues; no shadowbans from Instagram. But no subject interests me quite as much as the human figure. I have always been fascinated with depictions of the human form in art. Maybe it started with my early love of comics, and the idealised perfection of superhuman figures cavorting across their pages. It might have been when I first set eyes on Tintoretto’s or Titian’s glorious mythologi ..read more
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Working Methods – Underpainting and Glazing
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by Peter D'Alessandri
6M ago
Two portraits – one unfinished in underpainting stagePainting Technique: Glazing I often bore people with long conversations about my use of glazes, without realising they don’t know what I’m talking about. So I thought I’d write a post about this wonderful technique, and how it has transformed my art. It’s not complicated. Glazing is applying transparent layers of paint over another dried layer of opaque paint. One benefit is that highlighted areas retain their saturation and luminosity, and don’t turn chalky, as is the case if you mix colours with white. Shadow areas can achieve a depth of c ..read more
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Silver Award at the Cancer Feminine Art Prize
Dlessandri fine art | artwork by contemporary figurative artist .
by Peter D'Alessandri
6M ago
I was very pleased to learn that my painting “Woman on Bed” won the Silver Award at the Cancer Feminine Art Prize 2023. An award is always nice, but the cash prize is also much appreciated. The competition was organised by Purple Octopus Art, who: “provide a platform for art and expressive writing that addresses human disease and environmental issues”. I will update this post with more information when they have updated their website with this years competition. The post Silver Award at the Cancer Feminine Art Prize appeared first on Peter D'Alessandri Portrait and Figurative Artist ..read more
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The Disasters of War – a painting
Dlessandri fine art | artwork by contemporary figurative artist .
by Peter D'Alessandri
7M ago
the disasters of warA reaction to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine I’ve been reluctant to write about this painting, for fear of how it will be viewed by potential portrait customers. I haven’t offered it to any exhibitions. But as you read this, millions of lives have been ruined or lost by a pointless conflict, so who am I to fret over losing a few commissions. So here we go. After finishing my painting Men Wrestling, I still felt a compulsion to say something about the barbarity and viscousness of the events unfolding in Ukraine. It’s so easy to feel detached from it all, viewing it as a spe ..read more
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LGC Art Prize
Dlessandri fine art | artwork by contemporary figurative artist .
by Peter D'Alessandri
7M ago
I am absolutely delighted that “Man and Woman” has been shortlisted for the LGC Art Prize. Out of 837 submissions, they shortlisted just 11, so I am feeling very grateful that the judges chose my artwork to be amongst the finalists. It is a painting that has taken rather a long time for me to finish (I wrote more about the painting and how I recently repainted it here). I have had a troubled relationship with this piece. I started working on it during a time of great loss and pain. It has spent ten years in an unfinished state. I could not work out what was wrong with it, but I suspect unreso ..read more
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