Michele Petrelli

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Michele Petrelli is an expressionistic portrait painter who incorporates drawing and other mixed-media into his works.
Michele takes inspiration from Vermeer, Rembrandt, Van Dyck and Rubens.
Michele’s emotive paintings feature mysterious characters transformed by the painter’s hand.

Italian artist Michele Petrelli paints expressionistic portraits which explore the full spectrum of human emotion. The artist refers to his style as "luminous" modern impressionism for it explores light and evolving states of being. His idiomatic works, which take inspiration from popular culture, sci-fi and the occult, tell a story, and are full of mind-bending pathos and heaped with variety.

Michele Petrelli's Style

Michele demonstrates an intuitive instinct for handling his pencil and paintbrush, and a palpable fascination with the human form and physiognomy. Some of his subjects often lose their contours, with details engulfed by colour and expressive brushstrokes. There is a touch of Jenny Saville's fleshy and provocative portraits in these works. Other pieces are astonishingly precise; impressions of the mind accurately imprinted and conserved on canvas. Drawing is a key element of his work and often dominates his compositions.

Exhibitions And Collections

The artist has exhibited throughout Europe, from Greece to Denmark and Italy. He is currently featured in a permanent art collection in Athens, Greece, at the Copelouzos Family Art Museum.

Michele Petrelli Artworks

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    Sara by Michele Petrelli
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    Sara by Michele Petrelli

    Sara

    Prints - 80x56 cm
    Sara 2 by Michele Petrelli
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    Sara 2 by Michele Petrelli

    Sara 2

    Paintings - 40x30 cm
    Layla by Michele Petrelli
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    Layla by Michele Petrelli

    Layla

    Paintings - 42x30 cm
    Giorgia's birthday by Michele Petrelli
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    Giorgia's birthday by Michele Petrelli

    Giorgia's birthday

    Paintings - 40x30 cm
    Giorgia bored by Michele Petrelli
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    Giorgia bored by Michele Petrelli

    Giorgia bored

    Paintings - 40x30 cm
    558 Freia by Michele Petrelli
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    558 Freia by Michele Petrelli

    558 Freia

    Paintings - 50x50 cm

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