Movies, TV. and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as flickering and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
Anna Cleveland as Rita de Acosta in Thom Browne
Manuel Santelices
Anna Cleveland as Rita de Acosta in Thom Browne, 2022
Ink and watercolor on paper
Size: 14 H x 11 W in.
UnframedSigned by the artist
The worlds of fashion, society, and pop culture are explored through the illustrations of Manuel Santelices, a Chilean artist and journalist living and working in New York for the last 20 years. After writing stories about style, design, art, and politics for a number of magazines, including the Spanish editions of Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and Esquire, and being fashion writer in New York for Vogue Mexico and Latin American for 7 years, Manuel decided to focus his attention to illustration, painting mostly with watercolors the same characters and events he covered as a journalist.