Mr. Universe

Primed canvas on cardboard. The painting is based on Michelangelo's marble statue “David”. I wanted to reflect my current vision of this great creation that has come down to us through the centuries. By focusing on the black and gray shades of a fragment of David's sculpture and using leaf as a background, I tried to convey the beauty of the stone and the volume of the sculpture in space. I used the method of thin transparent glazing with oil paint in combination with gilding with the thinnest sheet plates. The gilded background of the painting changes color under different lighting conditions.

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