https://www.francescocontiart.com/about daily 0.75 2026-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/c5f24749-7661-4889-afc1-a844800f67db/IMG_6919.jpg About - Francesco Conti I grew up on the outskirts of Rome and later lived in the United States, where I became attuned to how a sense of isolation lay beneath quiet suburbs, well-kept lawns, and neat buildings. When I moved back to London, I found the same feeling - hidden in the forgotten edges of the city, in old buildings, along industrial canals, and in spaces that carry the memory of lives once lived there. My work often circles around the idea of urban alienation - the loneliness, beauty, and tension found in places shaped by human presence but now left half-empty or overlooked. I mainly work with acrylic, drawn to its layering properties and precision - perhaps reflecting my background in science. Sometimes I use oil to explore different textures and atmospheres. In my paintings, I’m drawn to buildings with few or no people. I find that when human presence fades, the structures themselves come to life, as if the stillness allows their own voices to be heard. It's a little like walking into the woods: at first, everything falls silent, but if you stay long enough, you begin to hear the hidden sounds of the forest, or even the beat of your own heart. I particularly like to paint at night, and I think that’s when I naturally tune in to those inner feelings and voices. As a child, when I drew houses, I gave them faces - windows for eyes, doors for mouths. That feeling stayed with me, and I still see buildings that way now, as if they are alive. There’s a faint unease that lingers in them, but I believe even the most neglected places hold a kind of beauty once we stop and pay attention. https://www.francescocontiart.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-12-07 https://www.francescocontiart.com/homepage daily 1.0 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/a93e18ad-720f-4165-9132-6d3d608be177/IMG_9549.jpg Homepage https://www.francescocontiart.com/press daily 0.75 2023-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/1657838254854-0893PZSAGW2UAD9B8L6I/Screenshot+2022-07-14+at+23.37.18.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/1612108712288-S5GGNOZ49R2XZ244XK55/Artboard+1+copy+7-100.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/1588284915295-VODACYYDDK6VXZ71T0JZ/Screenshot+2020-04-30+at+23.15.02.png https://www.francescocontiart.com/portfolio-2 daily 0.75 2026-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/354e042a-186f-4110-9ed2-a029a7786ec6/IMG_3245+2.jpg Stillness Inner city, City lights (18x24") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/21358d40-6c8e-418a-8bc8-a7ca23998353/Screenshot+2025-11-15+at+16.44.02.png Stillness Papillon (16x20") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/a92bd7b5-0bd2-4bb8-96b9-fecdbef59580/IMG_3246+2.jpg Stillness Ball games (18x24") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/47c42776-ad2b-4034-9dcb-a80e2aa95970/Photoroom_20260117_102350.jpg Stillness Backstreet reflections (18x24") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/f9c30b89-e4c1-458b-8d8e-498e8ee6b4e3/IMG_3244+2.jpg Stillness SOLD - Reflections on Regents Canal (30x24") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/697e570d-d098-4808-9c96-7762633bcbca/IMG_3251+2.jpg Stillness On the way home (18x24") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/5da088fd-2db8-4081-bff6-1821beb7d6ae/IMG_0902.JPEG Stillness Duck Lane (18x24") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/fcdce2f5-8f5b-4925-b5a5-cd72d9d7f3d1/IMG_3247+2.jpg Stillness Central Hotel (16x20") https://www.francescocontiart.com/afterglow daily 0.75 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/05f895bb-f3b0-456d-99b4-082138d53375/Screenshot+2025-11-15+at+16.42.31.png Afterglow SOLD - The Blue Lion (16x20") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/ec8a8146-7ca3-4aaa-9360-c1ac7875d3aa/IMG_1486.JPEG Afterglow Red courtyard (18x24") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/63d96dfc-18bd-4dd3-87fe-4798b444e92b/Night+shift.JPG Afterglow SOLD - Waiting for the Night Shift (16x20") https://www.francescocontiart.com/after-dark daily 0.75 2026-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/a6d70f73-59e3-4ca6-a473-24df9a8d18b2/IMG_3176.jpg After Dark Noir (30x40") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/2c04755c-274e-482e-a4e3-c5f248fb2cf7/IMG_3398+%281%29.jpeg After Dark Blues at the Blue Posts (24x30") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/f7f4a755-9f08-4f2f-b684-ae2dbb45cb5e/IMG_3183.jpg After Dark SOLD - Antonio (24x30") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/1724924846889-KRAC1MC6FMS6NWSFL097/IMG_1347+%281%29.jpeg After Dark Dreamland (30x40") https://www.francescocontiart.com/sky-level daily 0.75 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/962055c4-ef94-44cc-b138-807b682c1b51/IMG_3601.jpg Sky Level Reflections on Asphalt (16x20") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/2cb6c36e-55e5-4a89-b366-efe6253785f0/IMG_3602.jpg Sky Level Structure 17 (16x20") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab44d520e01f789ddf79c1/f86ff296-49eb-42f2-9d82-a25f6b04acc3/IMG_3603.jpg Sky Level Air and Asphalt (16x20")