Francisco Centofanti & Lara Smith Exhibition
FRANCISCO CENTOFANTI
Francisco Centofanti has been a professional artist for over twenty years since graduating from the Florence Academy of Art, Italy. He creates exciting and iconic works of art with an unprecedented fusion of contemporary inspiration and traditional techniques. His work has been exhibited extensively and is collected by clients in New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Tokyo, Paris, Stockholm, Florence and London. His many international collectors include art dealer Martin Summers, financier Mark Lapidus, writer Nigel Hinton, Don Foster MP and The Who’s frontman, Roger Daltrey CBE. “Francisco Centofanti is a fabulous artist. I particularly love his landscape paintings – he captures light and colours brilliantly.” Roger Daltrey CBE
LARA SMITH
Working mainly in oil with a palette knife, Lara’s artwork features bold, expressive strokes which aim to capture the atmosphere of her subject. Lara takes a lot of her inspiration for her work from the Welsh and Cornish landscapes. Lara’s work has been displayed at numerous galleries across the UK including the Mall Galleries in London, the Turner Contemporary in Kent and most recently the Albany Gallery. She also recently appeared as a wildcard contestant on Sky Arts’ “Landscape artist of the year 2024”. Her portfolio includes both studio and ‘en plein air’ works. “I love painting out in the open – it lets you completely immerse yourself into your surroundings and capture the atmosphere in the painting”
