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Ciao,
my name is Orio, I've been born on October 11th, 1961, I live in Northern Italy, I'm a professional Xfrog tree programmer/librarian for Greenworks.
I'm a 3D landscape artist and as such I use Vue d'Esprit and other software. I am also an amateur photographer since 1994.
BIOBorn October 11th, 1961 in Salsomaggiore Terme (PR), a small town in Northern Italy, only son of Aldo Menoni and Sila Rossetti, a couple of painter artists.
STUDIES:
University degree in Media and Communications with a thesis on Alfred Hitchcock movies.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- 1985-1990 Member of the Executive Board of the International Salso film & TV Festival
- 1987-1994 Worked as creative content developer for Signum CG studio, producing several commercials campaigns for national broadcast networks
- 1991 composed and produced music score for the TV movie "Filippo degli Alberi" ("Philip o' Trees") by director Giovanni Martinelli
- 1995 won the 10th edition of the Segnocinema National Award for movie critic, with an essay on the 100 years of Cinema. The essay won over more than one thousand other entries and the jury was composed by internationally known semiologists such as Francesco Casetti and Alberto Abruzzese
- since 1995 a regular contributor and permanent member of the Editorial Staff of Segnocinema magazine
- 1996 composed and produced the music for "Where's my bloody chair?", the making-of video of the movie "Stealing beauty" (featuring Liv Tyler and Jeremy Irons)
- 1997-2000 Cultural Director of the Boscaro Project, for which designed and produced three art books, catalogues, three web sites, and organized art shows in London (European Academy for the Arts, Grosvenor Place, 1998 and Hurlingham Club, Chelsea, 1999), Venice (1999) and Parma (2000), featuring artworks by Giorgio de Chirico, Giacomo Balla, Piero Dorazio, Ettore Sottsass and other artists;
- since June 2000, librarian and tree modeller for Greenworks' Xfrog software.
LIFE AND FREE TIME:
- Formerly married with Ann Lizbeth Andersen in 1997, now divorced.
- Former tennis player, won some regional tournaments in the late 70s and 80s;
- Amateur photographer;
- Long time self-taught amateur of dendrology (science of trees), owning several books on the subject and an evergrowing photographic archive;
- A painter with oils since the age of 5, still affectioned to oil and pastel painting;
- I love trees, cats, ducks, books, art museums, taking walks in the countryside, and open air painting;
- My most beloved places are Paris, the Mediterranean sea coasts, the West coast of Norway, and my hometown hills;
- I am a fairly good cook: my specialties are Penne all'Arrabbiata, Bucatini all'Amatriciana, Spaghetti with walnuts and ricotta sauce, and the Norwegian "Risgroet" pudding;
- I still love women too much!;
- And of course I'm a total addict to Computer Graphics Art - why else would I be here? :-)
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Comments (28)
dvitola
She is precious and lucky!
kimariehere
that is sooooooooooo sweet!! AWEEEEEEEEEEE!!! love her lil paws up !! malissa is a darlin!
Zacko
Aaaw, what a little sweetheart. Such a cutie!!! A wonderful thing you did, taking her in like that. Im sure shell grow to become a most wonderful feline. Have a great day #:O)
thevolunteer
Very cute. I just love kittens and pupppies. Aloha
ringbearer
What an adorable face!!
Richardphotos
she is so cute and a wonderful capture of her
redflame
She is so precious and beautiful. She will give you lots of love and companionship.
raydreamr
I miss my kitties!
motyka
That is super. I just know she brought a lot of fun and happiness when she came home with you. - Nancy
darkblack_ice
this is little melissa i love hers eyes there are some kind of crying out loud COL!!
TomDart
adorable kitty. Thanks for this shot. I don't do the ratings on my gallery and do not rate, preference given to comments. Thanks for this shot of a lovely creation.
UVDan
I love your cat. I have rescued fifty or so. Nine of which are still with me. Look how big that little head is compared to the body. BETTER GET THOSE CLAWS TAKEN CARE OF.....unless you want your apartment shredded.
sazzyazzca
This is just too cute!
NMDesertRat
I love kittens. Great shot Cheers!
caleb68
awe too cute, looking like she just got caught with her hands in the cookie jar heh :)
WandM
Lucky little girl! Hope she gets a great life at your home. Cute shot.
Gog
What a lot of character in such a little kit, she looks great and the photo is a good capture
Firesong
((((((((((((((((((((( Orio ))))))))))))))))))))) you did good. No words can describe how happy I am for you. I know you know my heart... blessings from my heart on both of you. :-)
redchilicat
What big eyes she has! Very cute kitty and photo!
jba
You've found afriend there Orio ;-) well done and many happy cat hours to you.
hasexx
so sweeeeet :-) a excellent capture
Nvlonewulf
Awww what a cutie!!! Okay so she got caught, but with that cute look how can ya be mad at her? By the way, just trimming her nails will help save the furniture, etc.
Lledeline
Very beautiful . So cute
erskogly
Totally adorable kitten. Very good of you to take her in. Lovely shot!
logiloglu
oh, she looks so cute with her wonderful eyes. you have a great heart my friend.heartwarming image. vote #:O)
hecate61
She's adorable, but I think she's going to have you wrapped around her paws really fast with that innocent "who me" look.
GiMi53
Very cute kitty ! :~)
brodiss
she is gorgeous. i had a cat with the same markings - a beautiful cat - as I am sure Melissa is too