About The Artist

Milo the "Moncucco" Milo Is a self-thought artist. His discovery of art started in sketches and drawings from his childhood days. His interest became more exhibited when he began hands-on with watercolor, charcoal, and oil - the excitement opens the door for his further engagements in art making. Today, he enjoys his leisure time painting as reflections of our own self-motivations, outside influences, life experiences, beliefs, travels, and cultural upbringing. Milo's subjects were ideas from interfacing with people as he travels places. He paints mixes of Life and Still with the goal of creating a masterpiece. His paintings about life, faces, vivid dreams, people and places are among his favorite themes. "Moncucco" as he prefers to be addressed, predominantly uses oil on canvas blending it with gel, glaze and preservative finishing. His favorite hand tools are varieties of brush, pallet, dropper and sander. Moncucco's paintings are sometimes experimental, and he likes to explore new ideas and techniques how to brings his art to the next level. His creations provide a rich texture of his mediums and often, his of colors are on the matt darker tones. The marks of brush and palette knives are attributes and the fingerprints of his works. His philosophy about the future of his art lies among his audience and critics. He believes in the favorite quote of Plato “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder”. While Milo is among the millions of aspiring artists around the world who want to define what he wants to accomplish in art, he shares in grin that it will be an impossible dream to become a “Picasso”. His inspirations come from a social friend Bernard Emmanuel Beneito and while off from painting, he shares a happy 30 years plus of life cooking, golfing and watching television movies with wife Margie. Few of Milo’s Exhibits: • Jan 23-Feb 21, 2016: Arts of a Community 2016 - Benicia, California, USA • Dec 5-31, 2015: Monterey Bay Artisans 12x12 Open Invitational, Pacific Grove, California, USA • Oct. 03 - 18, 2015: Art Exhibit - Austria • Oct. 23-25, 2015: International Art Fair - Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France Awards and Recognitions: • Sept 14, 2016 & Nov 22, 201`7: Nominated and recipient of Certificate of Excellence for the 20th and 25th Artavita Online contest. By: Despina Tunberg-Director of Artavita.com - 5533 Cathedral Oaks Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93111, USA • 2015: Monterey Bay Artisans Staff Choice for Honorable Mention, 12x12 Open Invitational Monterey Bay Artisans, Monterey, California https://artsinmoncucco.com/