Aleksander Michelotti in the spotlight

Today's interviewee is Aleksander Michelotti. Thank you for sharing in.
Spotlight are short interviews to introduce some of the artists here at Putty&Paint.

Who are you? Tell us a bit about you.

I’m an italian “new generation” painter: carry on my shoulder the whole weight of years of history, culture and creativity unique in the world, people who have made the history of the figures and not only .... I can only start from where they came and put my personality in the work to which I give life. And I put it all myself.
After a few years spent in knowing our little / big world and improve my technique,
from this year I’ve chose to make my position more professional, devoting all the effort and time I have available to painting and at figures in general. I have many plans for the immediate future, not exclusively pictorial!  What better satisfaction of doing the work you love?

What are your favorite tools, and why do you use them?

Brushes and colors are the tools with which to express myself better, but they are and remain tools . The important thing is that I have an idea in mind. At that point, I just have to find the right tools to achieve it: putty, trowels, hammers, screwdrivers, saws, welding ... everything I need to make an idea a reality.

How would you describe your own style?

Colorful! :-) Because I love the colors and how they react with each other. This is what I think, those who appreciate my work most of the time called them “dreamlike ” (especially fantasy) .... maybe because I’m a dreamer ....! ;-)

Show us your workspace. Do not clean it.

Who influences your work and what inspires you?

Technically I’m influenced by the great painters who are close to me and from whom I learned a lot: Pietro Balloni and Massimo Pasquali first, that there is also a great friendship. I admired many works of Danilo Cartacci, trying to snatch the subtleties of painting. For a long time I have been attracted by the technique of Diego Ruina, then I realized that Diego has a way of seeing the color and shapes unique in the world, that never again be repeated. At the level of interpretation, the ideas and the ability to express, my reference points are Marijn van Gijls and Kostas Kariotelis (which unfortunately I do not know, but I know every detail in their work!) ... I hope one day to be able to realize how their works that go beyond the figure, are fully included in the art. This is just to mention my inspirations in modeling, if I had to list everything that I like in the world of creativity, it would take a book!

Show and tell us what you are currently working on or what you recently finished?

I just finished a job sculpted by Andrea Benussi, “Poseidon’s Son” as well as attracted the idea, it was a great way to see how the paint is important to add value to a sculpture. Working on a non-commercial figure, sculpted exclusively according to the capacity and taste of the sculptor, without iconographic references (in addition to an illustration in black and white, which was more useful to him than to me), required an effort of imagination very stimulating. Usually I paint historical subjects, where it is not necessary to imagine anything except the atmosphere, because it’s all documented, or (in the case of fantasy) of ideas that come to me ... in this case, the documentation is in my head ! Of what I’m working now? I have a few projects of historical subjects to accomplish, and some fantasy work to achieve ... I always have a lot of work! :-)))))

Editor’s note: You can find more of Aleksander’s work and hire him at is website www.aleksander-michelotti.it