Portrait of D

Angela Galvan

My paintings are mostly oils on canvas, with very detailed and almost invisible brush strokes. I'm inspired by the late Titian, Caravaggio's light and the concept of kitsch of Odd Nerdrum. The style is photorealistic but I don't merely copy reality, I try instead to turn it into my aesthetic ideal. My subjects are portraits of young meditating guys often slightly erotic - or explicitly erotic. As a female artist I believe the role of women in the history of art has been reduced to that of models and that for too long painting has been dominated by a patriarchal structure. So my intent is to break this convention and depict guys as erotic subjects and sources of inspiration.

About the Artist

Angela Galvan was born in 1987 in Venice, Italy. There she studied philosophy (Cà Foscari university) and drawing (Academy of fine arts) before moving to Pisa and England where she graduated in the history of art. Now based in Budapest, she works as a language teacher, she paints and writes.

You can find more of her work on her website at angelagalvan.it and Instagram @angelagalvansenza.