Art exhibit, new painting and food

A few pictures from  the opening event for  the    "Sulla scena del mistero fra sogno e realtà... l'enigma" art exhibit in Novara I took part in with my painting (Psyche) Butterfly's Dream :). 
The exhibit space was quite evocative if a bit crammed as there were much more people than anticipated. There were two live performance  - a dance one and painting one -  that I was  unfortunately unable to capture on camera due to the crowd.
Below are a few of the artworks I enjoyed the most from later in the evening as I lingered to greet the organizer - and  former  Fine Arts college classmate of mine -  Silvia Ceffa. She did a great job and worked her ass off from exhibit theme proposal to sponsors to food catering, as usual.  Congrats Silvia!  


Among the artworks I was quite fond of this felt and metal installation.  The shapes and colors were fun ( I was reminded of chili peppers, bud blossoms and even male gametes – the top left white elements in the back - ), plus the felt  seemed so inviting and warm on this cold day. I actually itched to stroke the felt parts. A warm and fuzzy kind of art. Perfect for winter.




This  metalwork spiralling installation was especially awesome *insert drool here*.




It also featured a gecko at the base and a dragonfly on top. I couldn't get a clear shot of them but at least you can enjoy some details of the bottom.
 
 
 
 

 
I admit I'm not big on full-out Abstractism hence seeing so much figurative art this time around was an extra bonus for me. And I always enjoy some spot-on Pointillism.
 
 
 

I really like the painting on the left of this pic for instance,  in terms of anatomy and actual skin texture coupled with the contrasting background and purposelly unfinished parts and dripping (just the right amount of it) it was my personal favourite as far as  good old figure realism painting skills on display went. And the branch minisculpture next to it on the right had some nifty paintjob.
 
 
It turned out butterfly motifs and glitter glue plus crystals and sparkly beads  have a small but ardent cult among us artists in this exhibit,

including also my friend Maria Campestrin's 'Dreaming of Ireland'  landscape with tree,  a painting that's rather  the saturated colours & sparklies  bomb (yep, it's the bright green and blue canvas painting in the middle)

and my own  painting.
You couldn't tell in this shot but the rainbow glitter really stood out, I was quite lucky with the spotlight angle position. As it often happens, foils metallics and glitter make for a chameleon effect of sort and make basically impossible to catch the best angle for all the elements in the painting.  Right below  you can see the acrilic landscape by another former Fine Art college classmate of mine, Daniela Colferai. I love how she rendered the foliage and the vibrant orange tones she used creating a borderline spot colour effect for the tree vs  grayscale foreground/frame .

Afterwards we went eating at Clover Murphy's Irish pub, drawn to it by the good tripadvisor site recs. Given how  it was Saturday night  and leading into St. Patrick's day we were lucky enough to find a table.

It was a pleasant surprise both in terms of warm and lively but still comfortable atmosphere and both quality and quantity of the food. The beer was divine. I felt like going for Trappist ( tasted like malt and chocolate just as advertized btw ) but going by the appereance of the glasses constantly going around there's much to enjoy there.

The staff was also very friendly in spite of how packed the place got around 9 pm and related orders piling up.