BEING ARTSEA
on the deck of his 23’ Parker, reeling in gargantuan catches and sighting hammerheads, he’s still doing quite well indeed. Marine life is also central to Mizzi’s art. And like fishing, his love of creating art began at an early age. His father was a painter and makeup artist who worked on movies shooting in Malta, where his mother also worked as a wardrobe mistress. Savio has been drawing and painting as long as he can remember, resulting in his unparalleled skill as a draftsman. His keen understanding of anatomy, both human and otherwise, has enabled him to create staggeringly powerful compositions that nod to legends like Dali while remaining unmistakably Mizzi. Outlandish, mind- blowing figures that morph from sea creature to nude seem to erupt effortlessly from his skilled hands. His work comprises impeccable precision with a wild, surrealist sensibility to create unforgettable images that unfold more secrets the longer one gazes at them. Although Mizzi possesses the skill level of a photorealist, such approaches do not interest him. “If I decide to do a fish, whatever, I like to incorporate things into it, because it gets boring to Even his more naturalistic pieces vibrate with color, energy, and his lifelong love of experimentation.
Mizzi creates unforgettable images that unfold more secrets the longer one gazes at them.
24 H x 36 W Bluefin / Mixed Media / 2019
coffee on it. So then I kept going with the coffee. That’s cool.” Mizzi enjoys the properties and limitations of the materials he uses: the inherent motility of watercolors, the long play of oils, the fast- drying intensity of acrylics. Not one to be restricted in his choices, he’ll mix mediums that are not traditionally
me…” His work is provocative and brimming with story, taking the viewer to unexpected, forbidden places. “Anything goes with art,” he explains. Even his more naturalistic pieces vibrate with color, energy, and his lifelong love of experimentation. “I did a self-portrait, and believe it or not, I dropped
both disciplines have run through his veins since his Mediterranean youth. Having left the prescriptive confines of the corporate art scene, Mizzi lives a life of adventure and expression, fearlessly chronicling his rich inner world through stunning art works that benefit all who are fortunate enough to experience them.
used together to produce astonishing, arresting works that draw the eye and pierce the soul. He also produces both monochromatic and multicolor pencil works, filling over twenty sketchbooks. There are those who do and those who are. Savio Mizzi is the epitome of an artist and a fisherman:
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