Medium: Pen drawing
Size: 70x86cm
Year: 2021
Artwork Description: The pen drawing gives a clear view of St Julian’s. It was originally drawn from San Ġwann, near the government housing estate. It is a protest against the concrete buildings, which are unfortunately changing the whole landscape of the island. Drawing for Antoine Paul remains the most fundamental exercise of his art.
Born on 5th August 1959, Camilleri started exploring art under the tutelage of his father Antoine Camilleri and attended the Upper Secondary School in Valletta under Esprit Barthet. He also attended pottery classes with Gabriel Caruana. He followed further training with a Diploma in Fine Arts and trained in the teaching of Ceramic Design. In 2008 he won the Malta Society of Arts Silver Palette Competition. His several public commissions include: Monument for the Millennium, St Joseph School Blata l-Bajda; Resin Christ (8ft sculpture) for the new church of Pembroke, Komunità Kristu Rxoxt, and Via Sagra (regretfully removed some years later); Crucifixion and Via Sagra for the Airport Chapel; Sculpture for the Petting Farm in Ta’ Qali; Ego Gozo public art It-Tfulija (bronze sculpture with suspended bronze pigeons) in Rabat, Gozo; Eco Gozo The Three Framers in Sannat, Gozo. Camilleri has held several solo exhibitions with works from diverse media, namely tin, metal, cement, glass fusion, ceramics, resin, ceramics wax for bronze casting, drawing with pen, watercolour, acrylic paint, etching, and lino prints. His latest works have been created via pyrography on wood.
