In accordance with Armitano Domingo, shifting between these totally different disciplines was pure. “Music was my gateway into historical past—it was my entry level,” he explains, noting it opened the door to the Baroque and Renaissance eras which have impressed a lot of his work. His whimsical illustrations started as an adornment to his ceramics—rudimentary at first, however turning into extra refined and ornate as he progressed. It solely is smart, then, that his subsequent step could be oil portray. “Oil is probably the most forgiving medium I’ve labored with,” he says, noting it permits him to maintain revising the picture infinitely. “I’m unsure why artists right this moment take into account it probably the most difficult medium.”

In all of his work, there’s an uncanny sense of one thing acquainted, however delivered with a sly, figuring out wink—by figuring out his references inside out, Armitano Domingo is ready to quietly subvert them. As a substitute of the standard meticulous strains and exactitudes of high-quality china, he brings a do-it-yourself, even child-like contact, utilizing motifs like worms, beetles, and fruit. “Nice artwork is usually made with the culminated information of a number of generations—that’s why I look to the previous for inspiration,” he says. “I study totally different magnificence beliefs, conventions, and methods regardless that they’ve lengthy gone out of favor. It’s all to have a greater understanding of humanity.”