Francesco Fontana is a professional artist with long years experience in
oil, acrylics, watercolor and dry media.
He has widely worked as a portrait artist and exhibited his landscapes and
abstracts series in France and Italy. His paintings are present in many
private collections.
Before being a full time painter, Francesco has worked as a graphic designer
and illustrator.
He created posters, books and advertising campaigns for International
cultural events such as theatre, classic music, jazz festivals, and
symphonic orchestras. Other specialty works include a series of large
watercolor renderings for huge architectural projects in Middle-East.
He's currently committed as a teacher of representational painting in his
studio and as a workshop leader, to artists-in-progress of any age. In 2008
in founded the artists association Fare Pittura, based in Milan
Italy, of which is president.
He
received his BFA in Palermo, Sicily and attended further years of classes
and workshops with Italian senior masters as Maiotti, Lissoni and Pelizzoni Italy. Francesco has lived in Paris and London and fluently speaks
Italian, English and French. He's the happy father of two little
great girls: Teresa and Flora.
Artists
Statement
Twilight
When
the sun in that particular angle at dawn or dusk called Twilight
hits the planet, the light reflects dramatically on the concrete
planes of waters, grounds and on the air. Thus revealing an endless
spectrum of hues and the extreme abstraction of forms.
That is deeply inspiring to me but also a real challenge --
considering the countless artists who faced a similar subject
matter. Falling into a postcard stereotype can be an eye shut! But I
took the risk and followed my urgency to explore the absolute core
of painting: light.
Francesco Fontana
When
the sun in that particular angle at dawn or dusk called Twilight
hits the planet, the light reflects dramatically on the concrete
planes of waters, grounds and on the air. Thus revealing an endless
spectrum of hues and the extreme abstraction of forms.