Abraham Lincoln Art

 

Executed in 2015, the piece beautifully encapsulates Virtosu 's skillful expertise in praising the intrinsic truth of the materials and their capacity to replicate and thus capture nature. Virtosu 's inimitable versatility in the use of oils exquisitely synthesizes the tactility of the artist's setting, creating captivating designs that are both harmonious and quite vague. The artist unlocked the potential of materiality as a viable means of artistic gesture, perhaps nowhere more evident than in the arc of a large canvas and bold curved lines of deep, bright, accurate marks at the center of the present work. Rendered in Virtosu 's idiosyncratic loose, intelligent touch and virtuoso use of materials, Abraham Lincoln bears all the hallmarks of the artist's highly informed, deeply personal and otherworldly pictorial language. With a positive background and an iconic image, the artist exhibits an inimitable esthetic of destruction and mystery set in a harmonious composition. The result exudes a meditative atmosphere that bathes the viewer in an intense sense of tranquility.