Kleury.art - [XL MATTE PAPER] "Hands of the Geppetto" by Kleury.art (1/5)

LOT DETAILS
Title of the Work: Hands of the Geppetto

Artist: Kleury.art

Edition: Limited edition of 5 copies

Dimensions: 50x70 cm (portrait orientation)

Medium: EMA Fine Art Paper (Enhanced Matte). This prestigious archival-quality paper provides a smooth, matte, dense surface that is completely free of reflections. The ultra-matte finish of EMA paper enhances the warm tones of light in the workshop, the vivid red of the toys, and the grays of the hair and beard, ensuring soft color reproduction and museum-quality preservation for generations.

Technique: Digital illustration in the style of genre painting, depicting the interior of an antique toy workshop. The work combines realistic rendering of the face and hands with meticulous attention to objects: the hand-painted wooden puppet, the white rocking horse, the brushes in a jar, the open red truck on the workbench, and shelves filled with teddy bears, trains, and ships. Every detail is rendered with meticulous care: the wood grain, cracked paint, brass gears, and lamplight entering through the window (Artificial Intelligence used to compose the scene, calibrate the lighting, and optimize the image for fine art printing).

Framing: Artwork sold unframed. Shipped with the utmost care in a reinforced professional protective tube.

Authenticity: K stamp in the lower left. Numbered, signed digital certificate of authenticity matched to the EMA edition, available upon request.

THE ARTWORK
“Hands of the Geppetto” depicts an old-fashioned workshop, where an elderly craftsman wearing a striped apron and thin glasses carefully paints a wooden puppet dressed in red. His hands, marked by time, hold the toy with the same care a master gives to a work of art. The brush moves precisely across the puppet’s face and polka-dot outfit.

Around him, the workshop is a world of antique toys: a white rocking horse with a black mane, an open red truck on a wooden workbench, a teddy bear on the shelves, and a sailboat on the wall. On the workbench, pots of paint, a magnifying glass, and a box full of brass gears tell of the meticulous work of someone who repairs and finishes every piece.

The palette, built around ochre, red, and gray, evokes the warm light of genre paintings, with the puppet’s red outfit drawing the eye.

THE ARTIST’S WORDS
“With ‘Hands of the Geppetto,’ I wanted to tell the story of the patience of someone who creates by hand. The wooden puppet is still roughly colored, and the workshop around it is an archive of toys that have accompanied generations of children. I chose to focus on the light coming through the window, because light is what makes the simplest gestures precious. The greatest challenge was to balance the complexity of the workshop with the focus in that face, without letting either overshadow the other. I chose EMA Fine Art Paper because its completely matte finish brings out the reds and warm tones without any reflections, like a page from an illustrated book. I hope this print brings an appreciation for handmade work into people’s spaces.”

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kleury.art strengthens its prestigious, elite body of work on EMA archival paper, affirming an extraordinary visual culture and unparalleled stylistic mastery. Moving with absolute ease from the chromatic splendor of sports to the world of pop and rock icons on canvas, the wit of Toy Surrealism, classical Baroque reinterpretation, and fascinating Eastern woodblock prints, the artist’s line of technical innovations confirms them as one of the most versatile, accomplished, and internationally collected digital artists.