Giorgio Cole
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CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
artwork and my sincere desire to devise for others an environment of fear , folklore , and fantasy .
Naturally , when I think of the human figure , I am brought back to my early days of sketching in charcoal and pencil . I first learnt to draw the nude figure with a stick of charcoal and was able to use my fingers to shade and compliment the body with shadow and contrast . Now , so many years later as I paint , I still naturally go back to my roots of portraying the majority of my figures in black and white . You will see examples of this in “ Beneath a Venetian Moon ”, “ Carnavale ”, “ Spirited Sunset ”, “ It Is Accomplished ; The Ultimate Sacrifice ”, “ Boogeyman ”, and “ Julianna ”. I have a strong passion for conveying the human figure with all of its beauty , curves , edges , muscle , and all its lively distinctions . I find that my true passion is working with the female figure and all of its truly exquisite qualities .
Furthermore , I enjoy the contrast between darkness and light , shade and colour , and therefore I find that my work denounces this self-awareness in my style of which the anatomical figure in dark shades , sustains beneath a background that is most usually in bright colour . I am so used to the traditional construes of either all in shade or solely colour , whereas I feel why not connect the two and contrast both elements to make something