SPOTLIGHT
Plinio Pinto
by Chris Redmon
Plinio Marcos Pinto is a
Brazilian-born artist whose
work ranges from classic
portraiture, displayed in
galleries across the United
States, to fun Pop Culture
based illustrations that can
be picked up at comic book
stores and large art conventions like Megacon. Trained
as a traditional illustrator
with a B.F.A from Ringling
College of Art and Design,
Plinio started out his career
doing editorial illustrations
for national and international publications. Feeling
unfulfilled by the cat and
mouse game of the freelance world, he changed
his focus to what has become his signature: portrait
and figurative work.
His style evolved from
working with oils to finding
his true love of watercolor.
This evolution was realized
through an allergy to oil
paint. Applying his almost
scientific approach to watercolor, he is able to create
images that are unlike any
traditional methods.
Based in Orlando, Plinio
works as a freelance illustrator and Portrait Painter. He is also an Associate
Course Director in the Fine
Arts Department at Full
Sail University in Winter
Park, Florida.
Plinio has done work for
reputable companies such
as Playboy Enterprises,
Loyola University Maryland Magazine, Cryptozoic
Entertainment: AMC’s The
Walking Dead, The Hobbit,
DC Comics, Financial Executive Magazine, and Jazz9
See No Evil, watercolor on paper
iz Magazine. His work has been displayed in galleries such as The Society of Illustrators
Gallery in New York, as well as in group shows in Seattle, WA, Los Angeles, CA, Dallas,
TX, and St. Petersburg, FL.
You can find his work on display locally at galleries and art events. His art can also be
found at his open studio hours on First Fridays at F.A.V.O. and has been featured in
locations such as The Gallery at Avalon Island, The Falcon Bar and Gallery, City Arts
Factory, Creative City Project, Thornton Park Wine and Art Walk, and First Thursday’s at
Orlando Museum of Art.
To find out more, please visit
www.PlinioPinto.com
www.ARTBORNEMAGAZINE.com