Giovanni Balzarani

I am one of the four Italian leaders of Fabriano in Acquarello; I have been Italian Leader since 2017. I am a professional watercolor painter from Latina, Italy.

I am a Signature member of National Watercolor Society (NWS), a member of NorthWest Watercolor Society (NWWS) and a member of InArte.

Since autumn 2017 I have been appointed DANIEL SMITH Brand Ambassador.

I started painting when I was child and I attended Art High School and then Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.

I was always interested on details, looking towards great masters like Durer, Caravaggio, De Chirico and Chuck Close, improving my painting research in all techniques like oil, charcoals, pastels, digital, on all aspects of painting such materials, styles and subjects. In my academic studies I started painting with soft pastels, then I turned into oil.

Watercolor technique came after oil, just to try a different technique, painting landscapes.

Now - I paint contemporary still life, mainly glass and metal objects, and urban landscapes (taken from my travel photos) in hyperrealism style.

My reference images for all my artworks are always taken, created and developed by me with my cameras and iPhones, being always originals.

My experience of fine art restorer leaded me to use and bring restoration and decoration techniques into watercolor world like: painting background and washes, transferring oil painting perfection on watercolor, improving execution technique: in many restoration works, watercolor is used to rebuild paintings on frescos and on canvas.