Giovanni Balzarani


 Giovanni Balzarani is an Italian professional watercolor painter, graduated in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome. 

 

He is a member of NWS and Inarte watercolor societies, Italian Leader of FabrianoinAcquarello and Daniel Smith Brand Ambassador. 

 

He paints contemporary daily still life, mainly glass and metal objects, and urban landscapes (all the reference images are built and photographed by him), in hyperrealism style, influenced by Pop-art and Photorealism artists such as Andy Warhol, Ralph Goings and Chuck Close. Working as a fine art restorer, he carries restoration and decoration techniques into the watercolor world, along with a great patience and precision on fine and small details, for hours and hours.







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