Luigi
Benedicenti is an Italian painter born in 1948. His work has been in galleries
all over Europe as well as the United States. Benedicenti paints photorealistic
oil paintings of mouth watering desserts and meals. They can be considered
contemporary still lifes. His work is defined as “Extreme Realism.” His subject
matter was once meat and fish but shifted to Italian pastries and sweets. He
uses artificial light in order to capture the essence of the subject and evoke
how we would feel if we were seeing the physical object. The colors are as
close as possible to what the subject’s color actually is. Benedicenti’s skill
took years of refinement and practice.
I love his
style because each composition is so minimal yet conveys so much. Who knew a
tiny tart cake could look almost seductive? I also love his use of lighting
because it allows him to play with the multi-colored reflections on the surface
of the shiny pastries.
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