Rubelia con fiore tondo. (2020) Fotografia da Tatsiana Melnikava

My whole artistic life is based on three fundamental things for me: love for dogs, for the history of art (in particular, portraits) and for music.
In this very particular period I'm experiencing all my senses are "sharpening" even more…. I feel even more attachment to my dogs because their love is one of the few certainties I have left. The music I've been listening to all my life… it too is starting to sound different, much more incisive and meaningful…. The portrait? The only thing I really want to do is where I can best express myself.

And here it's: the collection of 20 photographic portraits I took of my adorable whippet Rubelia during the 3 most poignant years of my life (between 2020 and 2022).
I called this collection “Greyhound, Music, Portrait. Variations on the theme. "
In fact, there is a theme: the DOG (Rubelia). Then there are 19 variations: looks, shots, accessories that change giving a different "sound" to my love. In short, the variations from one portrait to another, exactly as happens in variations on a musical theme.

To each portrait I have also associated music which in my opinion will give a more complete vision to my idea of this photo, since there is nothing I create without listening (or feeling inside me) a certain piece of music. Also because I think the gaze of a dog (the main thing in my photographic portrait) is like music: you cannot describe it with words, you can only “feel” it.

This photo is printed on pictorial canvas (30x40cm). Try observing it by listening to Ballade No. 4, Op. 52 in F minor by Chopin in the magnificent performance by Evgeny Kissin.
I paired this print with the beautiful very elaborate handcrafted frame.

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