I really dig this First Kiss painting by Donatella Marraoni. [Her second Coup de Coeur]. The bright colors and the oil on Fine Fabriano rough paper gives this piece a really nice texture.

I like the composition. It’s cool how the subject is almost secondary to the elements. The emotions hit your first. [Kind of like a kiss?]

Donatella is an Italian mixed-media artist who studied in Spain and England. She is in the Saatchi gallery. If you dig this as much as I do, here is my