When looking back at inspiring work and influential artist in my life, the first thing that comes to mind is Michelangelo Buonarroti. This guy is more to art than Babe Ruth was to baseball. I've always been an art history buff, so when I toured Italy in 2001 half the tour stuck to me to get the Angel Alvarez tour. One of my favorite pieces is the Pieta sculpture, Michelangelo completed the piece when he was just 23 years old. Story has it that when people saw the sculpture, and considering Michelangelo was unknown at that time, they gave credit to a famous sculpture of the time Donatello. Michelangelo was so outraged when he heard this that he broke into the church at night and sculpted his name into the Virgin Mary’s chest.
I also had an opportunity to see the Sistine chapel, I once gave fresco painting a crack and that is not easy. I have my own version attached to this post. Let me know what you think. Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel in four years, I photoshoped my “Creation of Angel” in four minutes.
