The artist decided to focus his attention on illustration, painting mainly with watercolors the same characters and events that he covered as a journalist, in the worlds of fashion, society and pop culture.
Vanity Fair Magazine Call Me Caitlyn Cover, 2017
Vanity Fair Magazine Call Me Caitlyn Cover, 2017
Watercolor on archival paper
Dimensions:
Image Size: 11 H x 8.5 W in.
Frames Size: 13 H x 10 W x 1 D in.Black wood frame
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 or 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.
