W&N materials used
Artists’ Water Colour, brushes W&N series 7 / Artist watercolour paper
About Marco Picci
Marco Picci was born on the 14 august 1974 in Carbonia - in the South-West of Sardinia (Italy). He started drawing in 1992, urged on by a passion which had been growing since a very young age. He has undertaken private studies in drawing, using several media, therefore enabling him to build up his very own personal and recognisable artistic style.
Since 1995 he has concentrated on watercolour painting. He takes inspiration by the great Hyperrealist masters such as Goings, Estes, Richter, Gertschand Helnwein. He has taken part in national and international competitions, receiving various acknowledgements, among which are:
•The National prize «Comune di Trivero», 2001;
•The International «Agazzi», a water-colour painting competition, 2002;
•The National prize «Noè Bordignon», 2003;
•First prize in the National Competition for water-colour painting «Mario Dibi», 2003 (with the watercolor Progress)
•ARTE 2006:his watercolor "After the rain" was exposed in the famous Palazzo della Permanente di Milano.
•Personal Exhibition 2008: at the Caffe Letterario, Cagliari.
He has also been featured in an edition of «A guide to contemporary Sardinian artists, by Gavino Colomo - editorial Nuova Europa, Florence.
Marco Picci's Work
He prefer portraits and personal models with a hyperrealist inspiration, and emphasises his love for that technique. Picci’s personal style is best shown in what is his “trademark”, present in several of his paintings, a depiction of the glass bottle of the famous brand Coca-Cola.
This icon, which is among the most Popular of the Twentieth century, becomes the main theme of his criticism, consumerism seen through a simple bottle that embodies an object whit a strong appeal but devoid of real values. The social criticism of Marco Picci is equivalent to that of great American hyperrealist masters who often are a source of inspiration for the Sardinian painter.
''Watercolour, criticism of the modern culture and an obsessive attention to the detail are the traits that both distinguish and which are able to capture the attention even of the more absent-minded audience.'' quote by Marco Loi.
My own personal research is aimed towards uniting the naturalness of colour,transparency and the very softness of the water colours to produce an extremely photorealistic image of the subject, obtained by meticulously working on details and emphasising the contrasts. I have joined several exhibitions with Francesco Stile, Max Mazzoli, Gio' Tanchis and others important italian painters.
Marco Picci uses Winsor & Newton because
I use only tools and materials by Winsor & Newton because they are the best-ones to obtain natural coulors, and the high quality permits me to reach the best results in details.
For further information on Marco Picci visit:
www.marcopicci.it