Rome

Someone asked me if I had some sketches of Rome and while going through heaps of sketches I found these I had done way back in 2008 when I had the exhibition at the Chiesa degli Artisti.

Studies 01

Some Sketches from Ġmiel il-Ħrafa

Musicians - Ink Studies

Just added a new gallery to my website. This is a small monochrome collection of studies of musicians in indian ink and PITT pens. The Collection was first exhibited at the foyer of the Grand Master Suite during the Hilton Swings concert in March 2010.







The gallery can be viewed at http://www.rupertcefai.com/go=artworks/display_mini_gallery&login=rucefai&mini_gallery_id=1327648&artist_id=20996

Mensija Street Commssion

As most artists, I rarely refuse a commission. But sometimes you end up doing a piece, a painting or an ink drawing that you know that it will be quite difficult to forget. Lately, someone from Canada contacted me to see if I am interested in drawing Mensija Street in St. Julians, his wife used to live there. I was interested in this commission from day one. The fact that his wife is a Maltese Canadian, who lived in Malta, particularly in St. Julians made me realise how small this world has become. I lived most of my childhood in St. Julians.When I went to Mensija Street to sketch the place and take some photos I started remembering when I was young going through that street. In one of the houses just in front of where Mcdonalds is today, we used to go to MUSEUM the Maltese Christian Doctrine School. I remember that quite often we used to go all the way up the street and then down to the valley where we used to play football. Eh, those were the times, where just an empty space was enough to be transformed into a football pitch. Today, even a football game has become too complicated. Thanks to Mark, i had a trip down memory lane.