editorial for Grazia Casa

In life we all follow a path and mine is the water.
It is like an inner force guiding me through life and showing me the most amazing things related to it.

I love the sea as it takes me travelling to the most remote places where I can meet many interesting and different people.

In my following work for Grazia Casa I wanted to recreate the flow of actions and thoughts that water help me to carry throughout my life.

The freshness, the zen, the purity you gain it is priceless. It is like to be in a different world filled of dreams, hopes and possibilities.

Many people included most of my friends chose this path and they keep surfing their life with a inner spirit it can only be found throughout meditation.

So, enjoy my drawings wishing you to feel, smell and taste that wave of sensation I constantly carry with me.

(The following are a few people I got inspired through my life and who carried the same passion I have for the sea.They made their love for the water a mission showing to the World new limits to cross. Thanks to: Audrey Mestre, Jacques Cousteau, Belinda Baggs, David Attenborough and many others)

open air studio

 my latest portrait...ready to take off to japan

I'm always happy to spend my afternoons at home, painting.

My house is in the middle of nowhere...but it's a pretty nowhere!

I love everything about this place: the silence, the nature and the view.

I could not live in a city anymore.

A creative person should know which is the best environment to feed  creativity.

Even if I love to travel, it's such a nice feeling to be back home.

Another thing I love is working with the hands..What a pleasure.

Recently I found a blog called "A pair & a Spare".

Geneva, the Author, gives a lot of fancy tips about DIY (do it yourself).

My favourites sections are "home and interior" and "sewing"

http://apairandasparediy.com/

What I've learned from this blog is also to find our ideal costumers.

In my career I have the chance to work with big names, like The Times Newspaper, Moschino Jeans, Corriere della Sera Newspaper, Quiksilver just to name a few.

I love the challenge, visibility and prestige these clients allow my works to have... 

But I also found out that being in touch with smaller realities can be very nice too, especially when people contact me for a painting. That is great!

A very important step in my creative search was when I realized how much pleasure I had realizing portraits. When the painting looks like the person in front of me, I feel like a magician who got reach to the fundamental nature (quintessence) of the individual. It is an alchemical process that makes me feel very close and connected to both the portrait and the subject. Every time I travel, I sketch people I meet and it makes books full of stories, lives and friends for me. This is a way to keep them in my heart, as every single drawing means feelings, impressions and memories that will last forever. The best was when a friend shyly asked me: "Natalia... Would you do a portrait for me?" And the story began.

If you want a custom portrait too, contact me!

nresmini@iuav.it

To close this post I'm happy to share two painters that were very inspiring in my search:

David Hockney and Alex Katz

http://www.hockneypictures.com/

http://www.alexkatz.com/

and some other photographers I discovered through Instagram

http://purienne.com/

http://nataliaparsonson.tumblr.com/

http://cargocollective.com/stefaniapaparelli

http://brydiemack.com/

http://www.mingnomchong.com/

some of my potraits, for various costumers

justine

My gallery of portraits continues with the beauty and the grace of Justine Mauvin.

She's from Reunion Island: we met a couple of years ago in Hossegor at the Quiksilver House.

Justine is a very talented singer, an amazing surfer and a model:

this is for sure this a great presentation.

but ...

what I mostly remember about her is a very mellow and sweet attitude.

She even looked a bit shy in my eyes!

Than, at the end of the day, she would take a guitar and start a jam session with a surprising powerful voice...

Patricia Manfield

I'm exercizing like crazy on my "Portrait Project":
I'm drawing a lot of friends, cool people, celeb, surfers, strangers...

Patricia Manfield? She's just so simple and intense.
I really enjoyed to paint her face, there is something "ancient" in her gestures.
I find a special "allure" in this girl that brings me back to the history of art.
She reminds me Raffaello, for example.

Lately, I've been very inspired by the fifties, also. Maybe Patricia does too?
At that time the elegance of lines, the lenght of the skirts and proportions were always perfect.
Very interesting for my fashion drawing studies.
And I tell to myself: keep it simple!

This is my tribute to elegance and beauty.
there is Match more to come! xxx

corriere della sera, saturday 9th august

It's Summertime Baby!

every time I think of you, I see palm trees

I dedicate this post to mega babe Lex Weinstein.

7 reasons why I love her:

1) she lives in the other side of the world, in Byron Bay, Australia.

This sounds very exotic for me, it's very inspiring for my vision.

(I'm inventing new stories with my drawings and I wanna thank God for this amazing gift he gave me)

2) Lex is a very good stylist and a blogger without being obsessed by clothes.

She's not cheesy like a lot of fashion blogger do.

Her look is always very natural, indeed.

3) She is a surfer and actually, she is ripping. (BTW)

But Lex is very far from the classic surfer girl stereotype:

"I'm blonde,  I 'm a beach bum, I'm so f*** sexy"

no!  This is totally another story.

She's a real adventuress!

4) She is very feminine. 

A gorgeous lady knows how to treat her body, right?

I love her self awareness.

Her gestures are always so spontaneous !

She is a goddess and she's not perfect at the same time.

Very human, I'd say.

5) She's vegan. (Thumbs up!)

6) I admire her spiritualistic approach toward life. 

The intense way she plays with the elements...I believe she's a dreamer like me. 

7) Lex is also a very smart business lady and she knows how to use tools from technology. 

Wich is very difficult these days.

xxx

follow Lex !

http://blog.lexweinstein.com/

http://instagram.com/lexweinstein_

https://www.facebook.com/lex.weinstein?fref=ts

il funambolo

I see a lot of images, every day.

Fashion, History, Art, Lifestyle and Travels
passing throught Instagram, Facebook, Blogs, Magazines, Books..
My view is constantly filled by pictures.

Than, somebody asked me: what is Modern Elegance for you?
...a funambolist.


(natalia resmini © especially done for Reda  #wearinitaly, July 2014)