This ancient technique from the Greco Roman times - called Fayoum during the first century in Egypt – are a type of naturalistic painted portraits on wooden boards attached to upper class mommies. This technique was used by Greek artists to create portraits of the Pharaohs.  Now called “Encaustique" or wax painting, it was used since the antique times,   it is a technique which uses the colors in powder mixed with beeswax, usually done on wood, but what makes these portraits last forever is the rabbit skin varnish to protect the paintings over time.
The art work of Oscar Carvallo is a mixture of his experience in the Couture world and the history of an ancient civilization, and it has been inspired by all his collections with interesting themes like,“ La femme Poisson”, “Eagle eye”, “Voyage Cinétique” and many others.  The transformation of a couture dress in couture painting brings the spirit of the past to the contemporary expression of art.
Carvallo opened his own art atelier in Paris where he develops his unique paintings and also works within a textile concept - the «Tapestry”.  The imaginary portraits are transformed into huge tapestries, giving his paintings an extraordinary and contemporary twist.

“Art is the most powerful mode of expression there is to materialize human thoughts. It has always referred to an idealized world. He rushes us into unknown sensations, many of which belong to the artist's unconscious. It speaks to each of us differently.”