Le Cochon Pendu II grey and pencils are windows on

and pencils are windows on the solitude of lost souls

XVIth and XVIIth centuries

My Grandmother loved them and loved teaching me about them

Sometimes Leonardo is given credit for being a forefather of the Illuminati so the finger tattoos are plays on that symbology

and his dog

Le Cochon Pendu II grey and pencils are windows onDetails About Oil on panel 30 x 40 cm. 12 x 16 in. 2020 Bruno Pontiroli creates mind bending explorations of the relationship between humans and animals. From his dreamlike visions, he conjures up surreal and fantastic universes, where centaurs cut off the head of half human half horse creatures, over eager men can embrace large walrus or jump on twisted giraffes and dromedaries fit their cubic shaped humps into each other. A poetic and absurd ability