Angelo Scilla Limited Edition Art by Carl Melegari

Edition size: 45
Unframed: 40cm x 40cm 
Frame: 48cm x 48cm 
 
This powerful portrait showcases Melegari's masterful manipulation of oil paint's materiality. The artwork features a figure emerging through dramatic cascades of paint, rendered in a stark monochromatic palette where thick impasto strokes create a sculptural presence on the canvas.
 
Melegari's distinctive style is evident in his sophisticated layering technique. His careful attention to the accumulation and erosion of paint creates a piece that exists between abstraction and representation, with the subject seeming to materialize from the very medium itself, the dripping paint suggesting both physical form and psychological dissolution.
 
About The Artist
Carl Melegari is a contemporary artist whose work masterfully explores the intersection of figurative painting and abstraction. His distinctive approach focuses on the dual exploration of the human form and the physical properties of oil paint itself.
 
Working primarily from life models, Melegari's technique involves a continuous process of accumulating and scraping back paint layers, creating works where figures emerge through veils of pigment. This method creates a unique tension between representation and abstraction, with subjects appearing to be simultaneously revealed and obscured by the paint's energy.
 
Drawing inspiration from sculptural artists like Manuel Neri and colorists such as Morandi, Melegari often employs a monochromatic palette to reduce form to its essentials. His deliberate use of muted colors evokes feelings of isolation and seclusion, while his liberal application of paint - allowed to drip spontaneously - creates works that reflect both the physical and psychological presence of his subjects.