Few dozen canvases lie strewn around - filled with unfinished paintings. Some with heads, and torsos. Some filled with pictures of naked women. The touch of renaissance style was visible in all of them. The studio was lit with dim lights casting shadows on the walls like eerie ghosts of the painted and sculpted figures. In the middle of the studio stood a blank canvas stuck on a wooden stand. Leone Pacelli sat in front of it, as blank as the canvas in front of him. He was searching for that inspiration within, but none came to him.
Being a middle aged Italian, his charming boyish face masked the years of experience in painting he had. The only visible trait of those year were the small tuft of grey hair that adorned his head which otherwise was full, frizzy, and black. He took a sip of the red Cianti that sat in a glass on a table next to the empty canvas. Strewn around the table were assorted painting brushes, a piece of cloth sprayed with all types of colors, a palette with black, red and some kind of toned brown - like the color of a rusty skin that he saw on people who walked around his town. He stared at the blank canvas in front of him waiting for the female model to walk in.
"Perhaps," he thought, "she will be my inspiration"
He thought about her - actually tried to guess about her since he has never seen her before. She was referred to him by his trusted friend who never goes wrong with sending him the models that fit his style of painting precisely. He didn't think it will be any different today. The clock struck 10 AM and there was a knock on the door.
Being a middle aged Italian, his charming boyish face masked the years of experience in painting he had. The only visible trait of those year were the small tuft of grey hair that adorned his head which otherwise was full, frizzy, and black. He took a sip of the red Cianti that sat in a glass on a table next to the empty canvas. Strewn around the table were assorted painting brushes, a piece of cloth sprayed with all types of colors, a palette with black, red and some kind of toned brown - like the color of a rusty skin that he saw on people who walked around his town. He stared at the blank canvas in front of him waiting for the female model to walk in.
"Perhaps," he thought, "she will be my inspiration"
He thought about her - actually tried to guess about her since he has never seen her before. She was referred to him by his trusted friend who never goes wrong with sending him the models that fit his style of painting precisely. He didn't think it will be any different today. The clock struck 10 AM and there was a knock on the door.
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