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Artist Bio.
I was born in small town in Northern Italy near the city of Venice but have resided in Toronto, Ontario, Canada since the early age of two. I was introduced to many artistic wonders through my father who as an accomplished Renaissance styled painter and sculptor was well versed in the classical arts with extensive skills in Fresco restorations as well as being a professional art instructor. As a youth, I recall the countless paintings, sculptures and museum quality pieces that were a part of my everyday life however I never expected that those earlier years would unknowingly and so profoundly shape my future leading me to follow in my father's footsteps entering the professional art world.
I consider himself very fortunate in having had the opportunity to spend the better part of his life so deeply rooted within various art forms such as Painting, Sculpture, Music, Writing, Restoration of Antiquities and Traditional Graphic Arts that have all contributed in broadening my creative views while enhancing my professional engraving career.
Before I became an engraver I managed a Lithography department in the commercial printing industry for 18 years, it was time well spent since many skills were developed and later refined and adapted to my engraving career. Having established a solid background within a variety of artistic fields has had a cumulative impact on my art and plays a dominant role in how I conduct business today. "I simply cannot imagine being without these roots from which to draw upon as I truly feel they accent my overall understanding and love for the arts".
My commissions have come from: Corporate presidents, private collectors, art dealers, museum collections, Universal Studios and Dimension film studios for theatrical motion picture releases in 1999 and 2000, and in 2001 'The Canada Council for the Arts' honored me with a prestigious artist grant in the pursuit of excellence in furthering Canadian Cultural Arts.
Many years were spent restoring countless old engravings mainly on Classic English Doubles and Shotguns all the while studying the traditional foundations of the English, Italian and American engraving masters and in the meantime developing my own distinct signature style. My art incorporates Gold inlay, fine Bulino scenes, Banknote engraving, Relief, English scroll, Victorian vine and leaf, Lettering and many other ornamental styles. Primarily my earlier work has been on fine firearms and collector knives however I presently concentrate on a variety of smaller mediums producing intricate detail in Jewelry engraving, dies, family crests, collector pens....
I believe my best work should be credited to my most valuable asset, the clientele. "I sincerely thank my clients for showing enormous faith in my abilities allowing me the luxury of creative freedom and the time to properly execute it, were it not for their generosity I could not produce from the heart. For reasons such as these I feel my clients deserve to be admirably mentioned.
Many thanks Adone |
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