Eustație Altini

Eustație Altini kept a quiet studio above a coffeehouse where writers argued over politics, sketching portraits between sips. He turned his neighbor, Safta Costachi Talpan—a woman known for her sharp tongue and sharper wit—into a print that still hums with her presence. The lines catch her mid-laugh, and you can almost hear the chatter from the floor below. Tap into his *Safta Costachi Talpan* and you’ll see what happens when a portrait stops feeling like a picture and starts being a conversation.