Eolo Paul Bottaro 'Preston Market Pig Meat' portrait

Eolo Paul Bottaro 'Preston Market Pig Meat' portraitEolo Paul Bottaro is an Sicilian Australian artist dubbed the Renaissance man for his devotion to seventeenth century painting techniques. Drawing upon art history and theories of pictorial harmony, Bottaro paints a world that sees myths continue to resonate with contemporary life. Whether a raw chicken in the manner of a nude, an homage to Goya or vividly coloured landscape, Bottaros imagery unites personality, beauty and history. There is something

The Little Audrey series pays tribute to a Melbourne landmark

They developed the NPG pigment process and ‘kilometre photography’ (long rolls of photo paper as opposed to individual sheets)

Scratchy line work evokes movement without seeming frenzied

He is currently represented in numerous public collections including at the National Gallery of Australia

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“linked with a shrewd and civilised eye for the bizarre and comical” – simple

this work celebrates Australia’s scrub

this elegant sketch is an ode to the great Australian pastime: swimming

Dimensions: 35 x 25 cm

of which ruby red ‘Rose’ is an example

who prophetically told her son “2020 will be a year full of surprises”

Chine-collé on rice paper pressed into pulp paper