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Artist Statement:
I consider myself an observer,
a visitor here on this
magnificent planet. As my
paintings are primarily
representational, I study my
subject matter with an almost
scientific eye, trying to
understand what I am actually
seeing, how color and light
dance and play. Yet my
ultimate goal is to create...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Michael H. Lord Gallery, Palm
Springs (2009)
Smith Gallery, Sacramento
(2008)
Gallery 4, Placerville (2008)
Village Art Gallery, Lake
Tahoe (2007-2008)
Hang It Up Galleries, El
Dorado Hills (2006-2008)
Tony Matthews, Placerville
(2006-2008)
Benefit for El Dorado Arts
Council, El Dorado Hills
(2006-2007)
Art for the ...
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Artist Galleries:
MICHAEL H. LORD GALLERY
1090 N Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262
(760) 699-8957
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Artist Reviews:
ART EXPERIENCE WEST:
THE LUMINOUS WORLD OF CARLO
D'ALESSIO
Forming the focal points for
executive offices, premier
designer homes, and fine
restaurants from Aspen to
Singapore, the glowing
luminosity of Carlo
D'Alessio's paintings is the
hallmark of his signature
style. D'Alessio paints with a
painstaking and ...
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CARLO D'ALESSIO
COMMISSIONED ARTIST - MODERN RENAISSANCE
During the Renaissance, great artists were inspired and thrived upon their commissions from cultural leaders who felt strongly about a vision but lacked the ability to create them artistically beyond their imaginations. Today, Carlo D’Alessio, a classically trained artist from New York, has flourished in his life-long career as a commissioned artist through what one might think is a very similar capacity to intuitively connect with his clients to make their vision a reality.
Today, Carlo has a quiet confidence about his work, “I have had the privilege of working with some very wonderful people – sometimes, very strong people who knew exactly what they wanted from their life and from me; sometimes, gentler people who had a simple idea and let me go with it.” The inspiration provided by Carlo’s clients, combined with his artistic gift and vision, is dramatically illustrated by a spectacular range of paintings. Giclee reproductions of many commissioned works are now available.
Carlo has a great sense of humor and can entertain with humorous stories of his life and career, including his meaningful relationships with clients. Unlike many artists who view outside input as interference, it is the clients themselves that have made work so rewarding for Carlo.
There is the tale of the very successful and powerful, older businessman who had owned many hotels. Carlo was to paint a long mural down a wide hallway that would portray properties that had been important in the man’s life. “He would cancel his business meetings at the last moment, upsetting everyone, to stay at home and watch me paint. When I was to start the job, I asked if he wanted the paintings on board, which is my usual method. He said “no, just paint on the walls.” I said, “what if you want to move?” He said, “we normally sell everything with the house when we move.” I said “well what if I become famous?” He said, “I’ll be dead by the time you’re famous … you’ll be dead by the time you’re famous.”” The next morning when Carlo went to work, panels had been meticulously installed overnight so they could easily be removed. No one had to die, and the humor lifted everyone’s spirits.
Carlo paints using a technique similar to that used by acclaimed artist Maxfield Parrish. Acrylic paint is layered with varnish, then color, then varnish, until the layers create a stunning three-dimensional effect. Along with his signature moon, a true D’Alessio is always a painting which draws you in, through his perfect perspective, to a transcendent world of light and color.
Some commissions have come from restaurants where the artwork is the focal point for an elegant dining experience. Harpers Bazaar made the owners of a restaurant perch precariously on the top of a booth so they could shoot Carlo’s painting as the backdrop for an issue featuring Aspen restaurants.
“When I was doing a painting for a lady from Texas whose ‘daddy’ was in oil, she said she needed a painting for her wall. I said, “how large a painting?” She said, “I’m from Texas, honey – for the Wall!”” The huge painting, celebrating a milestone in her life, wrapped around a sweeping staircase.
You would never know of Carlo’s work if it weren’t for the giclee reproductions which Carlo D’Alessio Fine Art now publishes. This state-of-the-art, digital reproduction process reproduces the distinct vibrancy of D’Alessio’s work. The original paintings themselves exist in private collections. Life changes, and so his works have moved, been sold, sometimes auctioned, and sometimes shipped to foreign lands. Carlo does not keep track of where they all have gone; with a touch of sentimentality, he says he would rather not.
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