We’re following up on the second part of our article on John Varriano, American Artist. We first encountered his extraordinary talent on Instagram and knew that found an artist we wanted to engage with more thoroughly.

A wonderful new Youtube channel, “Fine Art Chronicles” has taken to highlighting some of Varriano’s works. They do a fine job of providing background details that are quite intriguing. 

Varriano seems to be an artistic force, producing masterful works of art in both figurative and abstract form. His Megaliths are an inspiring series that appear to be ancient and modern at the same time.

We wanted to learn more about the vision behind his artistic prowess and took to examining his artist’s statement.

For Varriano, art serves a critical role in human evolution. It is a door that allow us to come into direct contact with higher states of consciousness and transcendent states of reality. 

His landscape and cityscapes are designed to elicit an instinctual, bodily response, bring the viewer into a greater awareness of their own physicality and the physicality of their environment.

We encounter trees, plants, buildings, and people daily, but looking and seeing are two distinct functions. Varriano’s works make us more attuned to our surroundings, our relationship to others and our connection to nature.

The tree we “see” depicted in painting is the same one that has shaded people for more than a century. The concrete edifices we gaze upon are living, breathing entities that contain and transmit the stories of previous generations.

When we encounter art through our senses, our senses awaken, and we are made a little more whole. Seeing on canvas arouses our awareness of the world around us.

Varriano’s figurative works plunge us into the depths of the psyche. These paintings spark a more profound understanding of the human condition and act as a mirror for the ever-evolving development of the soul.

Peering into the cool depths of a deal-makes eyes, we discover the calm composure that plays a powerful role in successful negotiations. Journeying with commuters to and from work, we experience that daily grind that wears us out and the random impetuses that awaken and remind us that we are alive.

Privy to peoples private, domestic rituals, we gain a more intimate and personal knowledge of one another. Witnessing the ravaging effects of vice, squalor, and homelessness, we encounter the suffering the cuts deeply into ourselves and our society. 

Contemplating Varriano’s many figures; we realize that in observing others so perceptively, we come to a deeper understanding of ourselves. 

The human condition is a shared condition. As the soul opens itself to this truth, it becomes more distinctly collective, at the same time, more distinctly individual. We find ourselves that much closer to becoming who we are born to be.

Varriano’s abstract paintings offer his audience another stage of inner evolution. One in which we can encounter the transcendent spirit dwelling within.

Higher mathematics, physics, color, shape, harmony, and music play significant roles in these creations. Varriano shows us world dwelling within worlds, the interplay of form and movement, and life pulsing through hardened stone as atoms move, collide, and reorient themselves.

He reveals the secrets of antiquity and prophecies for the future layered upon one another. And he shows us what it looks like when the spheres speak, and harmony and lyrics take on material form. A virtuoso with color, shape, texture, and tactility, Varriano’s paintings are bold and magnificently orchestrated.

Engaging with Varriano’s paintings is more than a mental or emotional exercise. It is a means of awakening the deepest recesses of our minds and the expansive aspects of our consciousness.

If you are an art lover or art collector or merely in the mood to delight your senses we encourage you to take a closer look at the work of John Varriano, American Artist.  

The Artist’s Website: www.varrianostudios.com

Instagram: JohnVarriano.AmericanArtist

A New and Informative YouTube Channel: Fine Art Chronicles