Passion

Perhaps the most sensual of these works, each and every dab of paint applied to the canvas is like an open invitation for the eyes. The lighter shades of color are like dimples of warm sunshine dusted along the shadows of the fair complexion. The blue tendrils mixed in with the dirty blonde hair crawling down the nape of her neck and the molten red in the background, which in psychological circles, is the color of passion and warmth. Pantaleoni knew exactly how to harness these emotions in this very provocative work of art.