Sold at Auction: Vincenzo Rizzo

Vincenzo Rizzo is an Italian artist based in Cotrone. His works includes beautifully ornamental mixed-media paintings and drawings of models, actors and icons.

The beautiful range and blend of bright colours and dark mediums make his pieces surprisingly delicate and feminine, but the real attraction comes from the background he uses. Vintage Italian dictionaries, maps and vocabulary books create a warm backdrop for Rizzo’s pieces. Some pages are even taken from his Grandparents collection. I find this personal touch really accentuates the subjects face and turns something that could potentially be quite