Carnival self-portrait (2021) Original Oil Painting by Cristina Ricatti

At my home, I and my son played with cardboard mask and, from a photograph made as a joke, the idea of this painting was ignited.

Looking in a mirror, or at a pictures, with a mask can bring out mant troughts. I ended up thinking about self denial. When circumstances, one's nature as well as external situations lead us - when they don’t force us - to pretend, to fake circumstantial attitudes.

This is how I explain this painting: forced smile and pose of fake attention, with hat and mask to give a jesting tone to the whole picture.

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Materials used:

Oil

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 40 x 50 x 1.5cm (unframed) / 40 x 50cm (actual image size)
• Signed certificate of authenticity
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: People and portraits