Saturday, June 13, 2009

Masterclass Release - Toto Bust




Hello friends!




Italian model company Masterclass, has just officially released a bust I made for them earlier this year. It is a portrait piece of Italian comedic actor Antonio de Curtis or "Toto". His face was particularly challenging to recreate as the actor had his face disfigured in an auto accident as a teenager. I think my attempt at the likeness is fair. I include here a few pics of the master and also the boxart picture painted by Italian artist, Elio Stella. I hope to get the time to paint one for myself at some point. Thanks for looking.




I'll have a few more commercial releases coming up soon. In fact, I shipped another piece to a manufacturer yesterday that will see daylight on the market perhaps late summer.




3 comments:

Jim Johnston said...

Really well done and an interesting choice of subjects. I'm glad to see that you like an esoteric challenge.

Matt Springer said...

Thanks, Jim. I always love a challenge! Are you the same Jim J of Ft Duquesne fame?? If so, how the heck are you? It's been a few years....

Jim Johnston said...

Yes Matt, it's me. I've followed your career and love your work. I just started my own blog after following yours and others (jimsfigs.blogspot.com). Soon you will see one of your busts posted as Pulaski is almost finished. Thanks for the inspiration.