Latest Works - Francesco Paonessa Illustration

The Last Memory

A pale face looks up at the sky while arms grow out of their head almost like a crown, and streams of what could be fire flow from their brow. The dark background is lit with flames and falling stars.

"horse walking through dreamlike waves while equestrian figure with hidden face dissolves into air"

A drawing showing a window with an eye in a giant face looking out from behind the frame. The windowpane is set in a wall of bizarre shapes and forms.

A small, colourful bird perches on the forfinger of a hand, its head cocked to one side. The hand and the background are monochromatic and rippling in a surreal way towards the lower end of the frame.

Growing Through Our Bones

A figure with a blurred face walks towards the edge of the frame carrying a heavy burden that could be a sack. Gnarled shapes seem to either grow out of the figure or they are creeping towards it, following in its wake.

A drawing of a figure with a sly expression, flourishing a deck of cards in an arc from one hand to the other. Except for the hands and face, the figure is covered by a ball of shadows and formless shapes.

"a youth kneels at the edge of a pond, reaching out a hand to another hand sticking out of the water. abstract plant shapes surround them."

a drawing of an elderly person, hunched over and facing a window where bizarre, swirling shapes are visible.

a drawing of a person wearing a headset where the eye holes are shaped like a star and the moon. They headset branches up in bizarre, twisted shapes.

The Crystal Crown

"icy figure with close-cropped hair and wearing cloud-like robes holds a crystal crown like a fairy tale snow queen"

a drawing of a formless shape of what might be muscle and bone, politely tipping a top hat in salute with a human hand.

A Different Life

"pre-teen boy in a suit sitting in a rowboat with an imaginary piano keyboard before him" "figurative expressionism"

Gathering Strength

a drawing of a serene face, surrounded by rippling forms.

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