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images © Xavier Casalta, above is “Marcus
Aurelius” (2021-22), stippled black ink, 140 x 100 centimetres, being created by Xavier Casalta, on his Instagram account, it is his biggest work so far and took an amazing 2,300 hours over the course of 15 months to complete,
what is also amazing is the fact that the picture and others are made of entirely dots! above a detail of “Marcus Aurelius” in progress, Marcus Aurelius is one of ancient Rome’s most celebrated
emperors and philosophers,
a tetradrachm featuring a lion’s head from Cyzicus, Mysia,
“Winter,” part of ‘Four Seasons’ stippled black ink, 56 x 56 centimetres,
Detail of “Winter”
in case you are wondering what I mean by 'dots' here is an example of a pen the artist uses on a work in progress, some of his works are available as prints and artist proofs here, what an amazing talent Xavier
Casalta truly has.
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