One of the contemporary art world's few artists who have mastered both abstract and figurative oil paintings,   John Varriano,  American Artist is lauded for his  "New York Rapture"  series of artworks.   In this body of work, John Varriano takes us on an introspective journey into the psychological depths of city people as he immortalizes the mood, personality and drama of the city's wealthy elite, urban dwellers, workers and inner city inhabitants. 

JOHN VARRIANO

AMERICAN ARTIST

John Varriano,  American Artist is a painter and sculptor living in New York.  He is one of a handful of contemporary artists praised for his mastery of both abstract and figurative oil painting.

John Varriano’s figurative and portraiture paintings display an exceptional talent for delivering unabashed proclamations of the human condition. For Varriano, the blinding beauty of the subject matter is made more exquisite and whole by the dark and hidden material that lies beneath. It is always the shadows, materially and metaphorically, that allow one to see and experience the light. 

Varriano was the first artist in more than 50 years to have a painting featured on the front cover of the New York Times accompanied by an in-depth interview.  NBC News dedicated a special television segment to the artist that proved so popular it ran in New York taxi cabs for a month.  Globo TV, Brazil's largest network and ABS.es in Spain have also featured stories on Varriano.

John Varriano is represented globally by Bellaron Gallery.