This compelling original acrylic painting showcases the brilliant portraiture practice of contemporary illustrator Manuel Santelices within his celebrated Fashion series. Executed with rich tactile acrylic paints on premium archival paper this unique masterwork serves as a glamorous visual chronicle of modern high-fashion culture. The composition masterfully frames legendary designer Alessandro Michele sporting a colorful emerald-green floral suit seamlessly blended into an opulent maximalist tapestry of blooming pink magnolias and a majestic white cockatoo against a rich midnight black backdrop.
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves the fun, art and beauty of the fashion business.
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Original Acrylic Painting - Alessandro Michele, 2018. By Manuel Santelices
Alessandro Michele, 2018
From the Fashion series
Acrylic on Archival Paper
Dimensions: 16 H x 11.75 W in.
Signed by the artist
Unframed
Santelices is a chilean artist and journalist living and working in New York for the last 20 years. After writing stories about style, design, art, and politics for a number of magazines, including the Spanish editions of Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and Esquire, and being a fashion writer in New York for Vogue Mexico and Latin American for 7 years.
