Argentine painter Leandro Granato has the eye of an artist.<br /><br />He has developed a new and unusual artistic technique. <br /><br />Granato takes the paint up his nose and then drips it through his tear ducts onto the canvas. <br /><br />Just how did he discover this eye watering method?<br /><br />Granato explained: “When my grandfather passed away I was in charge of arranging his funeral, but I couldn’t ever express my pain, I couldn’t cry. When I began to paint, after about two years of doing body painting, I thought to myself, why not paint through my tears? Then I began to do my own research on painting in this form and after about two years of perfecting this technique, I painted my first painting.”<br /><br />The 28-year-old cranks up the emotion while at work by listening to Tango music.<br /><br />He believes the method creates a perverse interest in his art: “My technique might draw a lot of attention but it also leaves an impression, a repulsion. It can create an interest or a negative emotions it can be repulsive to people. But this is great for any show, because it evokes some sort of emotion in the people.”<br /><br />Granato has now opened a small studio outside Buenos Aires and is currently searching for galleries to show his pieces.<br /><br />He says he will continue to work on his technique and develop his brand before the inspiration and the tears dry up.
