Closeup
This is a collection of portraits where I choose to paint only a part of the subject.
I leave something to the imagination of the viewer...
Closeup Series #9
Oil on Canvas, 36"x48"
Closeup Series #12
Oil on Canvas, 30'x20'
Closeup #5
Oil On Canvas, 22"x!8"
Closeup #13
Oil on Canvas, 31"x22"
Closeup #14
Oil on Canvas, Diptych 54"x48"
Muses
Benny
Oil on Canvas, 18"x24"
Portraits of notable public or private figures.
From intimate, not commissioned portrait of a love one falling asleep while reading, to animated faces of iconic actors and women with steely determination in their gaze, character and position, they command your attention and respect, they are not naive sweethearts or seductive models. These faces are crossing the oceans of
Benny
Oil on Canvas, 20"x16"
Aubri
Oil on Canvas, 22"x18"
Mikhail
Mixed Media on Paper, 32"x23"
The unique mixed media artwork is a mixture of traditional techniques (charcoal, pastel, watercolor, ink, oil..)
Peter
Oil on Canvas 24"x20"
Respectable Man
Oil on Canvas, 30"x24"
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Innocence
Oil on Plexiglass
14"x11"
Each Portrait has an history, each painting revolves around the childs' moment and gesture. Their eyes captivate viewers and draw them into the painting. In the subjects of childhood the themes of innocence and simplicity are central. The muted brushstrokes of color can be understood only through the deep filter of the soul, capable of bringing the observer almost to a platonic ecstasy.
Oil on Plexiglass
14"x11"
Oil on Plexiglass
14"x11"
Oil on Plexiglass
17.5"x14.5"
Oil on Plexiglass
14"x11"
Oil on Plexiglass
14"x11"
Flaming Love
The Tulip Series,
Mixed Media on Canvas
This particular body of work is a mixed media. I paint the silk with dyes, set the colors by steam, wash the silk, iron and stretch it again on a temporary frame. Than I paint over with oil pastels and graphic markers and mount the silk on a stretched linen. I am an avid gardener and I regret I cannot grow tulips in the warm climate of Los Angeles, so I decided to depict them in the most voluptuous and sensuous forms I found in some species.
"Parrot Tulip Hybrid"
Mixed Media on Canvas, 36"x36"
"Spring Green"
Mixed Media on Canvas, 36"x36"
" Double Circus Parrot"
Mixed Media on Canvas 45'x42"
"Fringed Carnival"
Mixed Media on Canvas 36"x36"
The Age of Discovery
"Columbus, il Genovese"
Oil on Board 36"x24"
"...if one ask the painter, why Columbus? She answers, "because I am also from Genoa. I know his turf and I can well understand the feelings, the anxieties, and the anguish that spring up in that corner of the world. I also admire the sheer courage of this amazing man".
Columbus, an exceptional son of is native land, his time, and again depicted on a background of oceanic skies. The variations in his face express a wide range of sentiments and passions: faith and uncertainty, premonitions of triumph, desire, extravagance, the attraction of the unknown, and the inspiration of youthful beauty.
As an artist and a woman who is sensitive to outward forms, she intends to express the spell of this grand figure from the past. In the contemporary world Columbus is still the symbol of daring, the stubbor belief in oneself. In a way these are also talents that are part of the make-up of any artist. But here the woman's sheer admiration explains some of the impulse to pick up a brush and transfer her emotions into canvas..."
From An Essay by Marialuisa Marchi
Di XX Miglia was selected by The Italian American Columbus Foundation to create evocative portraits of Christopher Columbus and his men for the 500th Anniversary of the Discovery of America. Her work was feature on the front and back cover of the "Columbus: Countdown 1992" Program & Journal for the awards-dinner .
"Young Columbus"
Oil on Canvas, 27"x24"
"Columbus"
Oil on Canvas, 19"x15"
"La Fanciulla Amata"
Oil on Canvas, 27"x 22"
"Bartolomeo Diaz"
Oil on Canvas, 23"x18"
Pope Alexander VI
Oil on Canvas, 30"x24"