[LifeStyle] Argentine artist channels ‘hand of God’ with Maradona portraits

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Argentine artist Maximiliano Bagnasco finishes a painting of soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona, and Barcelona's footballer Lionel Messi, at his workshop, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: Reuters)
Maxi Bagnasco says he knows Diego Maradona’s features by heart after painting portraits of the soccer star almost daily since the Argentine World Cup winner died last November.

The artist, who creates lifelike paintings with spray paint on huge canvases, decided to make Maradona his niche after the outpouring of grief over the footballer’s death.

“I am not afraid of being pigeonholed, I believe that what everyone sees from me is the hand of God,” Bagnasco told Reuters with a smile, a reference to Maradona’s famous goal against England at the 1986 World Cup, which Argentina went on to win.