amarilli

I have been a little ( a lot) idle from DA lately, I've been very busy with non-art-related activities, and suddenly one day upon logging in I found a bunch of new messages. At first I thought there was something wrong but then I realized that this was due to a Daily Deviation I had received on Aurora Del Nuovo Giorno Cosmico (Dawn of the New Cosmic Day) http://amarilli.deviantart.com/art/AuroraDelNuovoGiornoCosmico-62478876?q=gallery%3Aamarilli%2F12121914&qo=32 . When I discovered it already 2 weeks had passed ! (and now even more, things go slooow here!). I have tried to answer all the nice messages, but again I wanted to send a belated

Hi, I have some news for fellow italian artists, so I am going to write in italian ^___^ Stiamo cercando di organizzare una mostra collettiva x agosto in piccolo borgo toscano con molto turismo, il tema (da prendere in maniera meno restrittiva possibile) è "Toscana Magica", mi farebbe piacere, se ci fossero pittori o illustratori interessati con 3-4 opere a disposizione che mi inviaste una note per i dettagli e per permettermi di vedere il materiale. Sinceramente avevano chiesto a me di fare una mostra personale come l'anno scorso, ma trovo più stimolante (anche per gli artisti locali) se la mostra è collettiva! Se riusciamo

I heard recently that some valid artist decreted that "now angels/vampires/etc... are old news". Meaning an old, outdated and surpassed subject. This made me ponder if I, personally, really want to credit such an affirmation or not. After pondering, my consideration is that as far as I'm concerned : 1-I love supernatural /mythological creatures, I've always loved them so far and I'm not yet bored to paint them NOR to see other artists depicting them. 2-It might be "old news" now, but since I began representing such themes some 20 years ago, I must have been both "ahead", at pace, and outdated, if what has been hinted is true (perhaps it's