Hourglass butterfly (2017) Original Oil Painting by Federico Cortese

An original piece from the series “Please do not kill butterflies”, pins and oil on paper, 40 x 30 cm, 2017.

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: pins and oil on thick paper, mounted on a wood panel
Paper weight: 230 gr/mq
Finishing: protective gloss varnish (transparent mastic paint)
Location and year created: Turin, Italy - 2017
Certificate of Authenticity: included, with signature of the artist on photograph
Edges of the sheet: clean straight cut (not indented)
Signed: on the front, bottom center
Surface of the paper: rough

Materials used:

pins and oil on thick paper, mounted on a wood panel

Details:

• Oil painting on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 40 x 30 x 1.5cm (unframed)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: Animals and birds