Brush WITH GREATNESS

FOR MORE THAN SIX DECADES, ARTIST DARIO CAMPANILE HAS ENTHRALLED ART AFICIONADOS WITH WORKS RANGING FROM STILL LIFE TO REALISM, SURREALISM, AND ABSTRACTIONISM

JANE E. ENOS

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then art certainly is subjective, too. However, the greats seem to have staying power. Such is the case for Dario Campanile, who was born in Rome, Italy, in 1948 and has been painting for 65 years. Now a part-time Old Naples resident with his wife, Patricia, Campanile spent his early childhood years painting with watercolors. In adolescence, he grew ill with nephritis, a serious kidney condition that confined him to bed rest at home for four months. To lift his spirits, his father bought him a set of oil paints. From his bed, Campanile painted his first still life portrait in just a few days. The quality of his work impressed his parents, who recognized then he was a natural. Campanile…

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Naples Illustrated (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2022

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