S. at End of Summer
S. at End of Summer
by Marco Ventura
© Marco Ventura
Oil on panel
Marco Ventura studied at the School of Visual Arts, New York. His illustration work has been seen in publications worldwide and he has been selected for exhibitions in Italy, the United States and the UK, including the exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 2015 and the BP Portrait Award 2015.
The portrait is of a professional artist’s model at the Instituto Europeo di Design, Milan. The portrait was inspired by the verses in the Book of Genesis referring to Eve choosing to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden.