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Fontana Shelter carries on with the art activity of the Italian painter Luigi Fontana and is proudly supported by the cultural website DOWNTON GAZETTE.
Art entered my life in a flash as a thunderbolt shines in the dark sky during a storm. I had dedicated the most part of my existence to music when suddenly the hand of fate gave me the chance to start a cultural activity ( my blog Downton Gazette at https://downtongazette.altervista.org ) connecting all my passions (Art, Theatre and Music) and supporting Fontana Shelter that provides the enchanting illustrations to my books. The latest one is ‘Shining Ocean’, a tribute to Irish culture; the next one ‘Bates and Busby: Guiding Lights’ will pay homage to the 30th death Anniversary of Sir Matt Busby (2024).
Well, Art is a ‘family affair’ to me! You know, my Grandfather was a marvellous painter and ‘Fontana Shelter’ carries on with his activity. Born in Piacenza, the son of a decorator and nephew of a paintress who gave him an artistic education, at first Luigi Fontana became a portraitist and his work was marked by a great vitality and rich tempera colours, taste and elegance. After he gave himself entirely over to the landscape, a keen microcosm of man’s soul. He was particularly impressed by some majestic monuments of cities he visited and which he painted several times (pyrography on wood). ‘Fontana Shelter’ was recently created in his loving memory to promote his collections. The Covid-19 Pandemic had a fundamental influence on my way of thinking and the terrible lockdown made me understand the importance of art as a promotional means of moral virtues. Thus it is thanks to Serendipity that I had my rendez-vous with art!
Fontana Shelter is a member of West Ox Arts Gallery in Bampton (the fabulous village from Downton Abbey), Faringdon Art Society in Faringdon and Oxfordshire Artweeks in Oxford