Circular butterfly (2018) Original Oil Painting by Federico Cortese

An original piece from the series “Please do not kill butterflies”, pins and oil on paper applied on a wood panel, 35 x 30 cm, 2018.

Please, all these dead animals ... Of course, not everyone of us can or want become vegetarian. Sure, in some cases, maybe, the medical experimentation needs them to get results. But we really have to kill them for our frivolous activities? ... Is it necessary to have so many pink pigs die in front of a camera? Do we really need to dissect sharks in formaldehyde, to starve stray dogs tied to a chain in the corner of a gallery, or to make innocent ants go crazy in twisted tubes of plexiglas? To make these drawings, no butterfly was killed.

Other features:
Medium & materials: oil and pins on thick paper, mounted on a wood panel
Finishing: protective gloss varnish (transparent mastic paint)
Location and year created: Turin, Italy - 2018
Certificate of Authenticity: included, with signature of the artist on photograph
Signed: on the front, bottom
Surface of the paper: smooth

Materials used:

oil and pins on paper

Details:

• Oil painting on Paper on board
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 35 x 30 x 1.5cm (unframed)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: Animals and birds