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Threads Mender by Alessio Scalerandi

Of those anthro artists who work traditionally, Alessio Scalerandi is one of the most widely recognized.  His understanding of classical artistic principles combined with careful anatomical study and a delightful penchant for whimsy and experimentation have resulted in paintings that are unequivocally "furry" in spirit, but which also transcend the narrow boundaries of the fandom.  As works of art, they can stand on their own anywhere. 

Threads Mender is a perfect illustration of the artist's approach.  One one hand, the painting is clearly fantastical in its depiction of an anthropomorphic character working with mystic forces in the midst of an alien landscape.  On the other hand, the same character's sense of poise and the refined quality of his gestures (not to mention his apparent "nudity") immediately recall any number of Old Master drawings or Classical Greek statues.  Yet this painting is neither forbidding in its presentation of the subject nor does it require abstruse knowledge to fully appreciate.  Scalerandi's work is almost always welcoming.  Its value goes beyond talent and imagination, for by making his paintings joyful in aspect, Scalerandi inculcates  a love for solid aesthetic principles that will doubtless influence other anthro artists and, we hope, the furry art scene as a whole.

Here is what the artist says about Threads Mender:

"Commission for utunu of his aardwolf character Othi. He is a young shaman with the ability to see and manipulate the threads that surround life, a kind of incorporeal manifestation of complexity that is projected by a creature's feelings and memories and by intentional creations such as music and stories."


"Experimenting again with saturated/oniric colors here. It's a type of coloring I like a lot for outdoor scenes, both for the aesthetics and because I think it would be impossible to capture with a realistic approach the feelings that certain environments give me. I noticed I tend to stick to muted colors for indoor scenes or for more intimate portraits, but for the great outdoors I feel colors should be striking and should make the viewer feel the weather on their fur."

 

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