Caravaggio

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Part of the Spirits of Art series — a collection of portraits dedicated to legendary artists whose influence continues to live beyond time. This painting steps into Caravaggio's world of deep shadow and sudden light. A skeletal face rises out of the darkness, crowned with dark curls, while a bony hand offers a heavy bunch of grapes — a nod to his sensual Bacchus and to the pleasures that never last. The single beam of light feels almost tender in the way it warms bone and fruit alike. There is something intimate about living with this piece: it holds both the ache of mortality and the thrill of being fully, dangerously alive. Caravaggio painted on the edge, and here his restless spirit still leans toward the light. Acrylic on Canvas 20 x 28 in