The best of artists are often referred to as gifted storytellers who use their insight into things and places that are artistically appealing and intriguing. Iban Navarro is gifted with the ability to paint in a first-person perspective of time and place. Often energetic and teaming with the action of the sea and man’s pursuit of excitement and living on the lively edge of life. He does this via an innate ability to paint man-made elements as well as inspiring things of the natural world. The beautiful outcomes are stirring paintings in every case! There is a deep dedication to the soft and settle as well as the search for those stimulating locations that can remind us all of places we may have been. . . or those we long to go. Iban Navarro can take you there and bring into your lives images that art lovers will enjoy throughout their lives. . .and beyond.
Iban Navarro was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1982. He is the son of well-known painter, Jesus Navarro. It is in his father's studio, where he first began painting and experimenting with different methods, mediums and techniques. Of these, Iban Navarro selected watercolor as his primary medium, mixing a selection of other mediums with his watercolors to achieve the highest level of realism. His favorite subjects to paint are boats in murky or transparent water, fishing ports and figures resting by the sea. Iban made the choice to pursue fine arts as his career in 2002 at the young age of 20, participating in group exhibitions where his work was admired and praised by the public. He has continued to marvel all who see his hyper realistic paintings to this day.