Fabio Colussi was born in Trieste, where he lives and works. In a certain sense he is a self-taught artist, as his style has been formed through the study of the great Trieste painters such as Barison, Zangrando, Flumiani and Grimani. He paints his early watercolours at the age of four, his themes are landscapes, woods and figures realized using wax crayons; later he approaches tempera and acrylics, and successively, in the early nineties, he paints oils on canvas and on board, now his favourite technique that he has never abandoned.

To make his paintings he draws inspiration from the sketches that he jots down in a notebook which he always has with him and that sometimes are implemented, as far as architectures are concerned, by photographic notes.

Colussi is present with his works in private collections in Italy and abroad (United States, Germany and Australia). He has exhibited at national and European level.

At our Gallery, he has exhibited his artworks in some exhibition of powerful emotional impact: in 2021 “La Serenissima”, in 2022 “Fabio Colussi. Il Pittore del Mare” and in 2023 “Venetian Soul”. In 2022 he has participed in the two group shows organized by the gallery, “Acqua” and “Fuoco”. All the openings and the exhibited artworks are visible on our Youtube channel.

“[…] Balance and sensitivity characterize his paintings, in which the painter is able to harmoniously connect the language of the past with the linearity required by the modern one. As a result, his marine views rest their truthfulness on history and on light while their antique refined architectures merge into deeply blue skies and a seas, which reflect and suggest, always though light, a sense of peace and ataraxia, which also appears in the paintings dedicated to the lagoon.”

Arch. Marianna Accerboni

“[…] His meeting with Venice arises in the artist that incitement to perfection which oversteps emotions and makes particular attention to the architectural perspectives of the lagoon city. The ensemble of soft shades with the detailed reproduction of architecture elements bring to the viewer’s memory such painters as Canaletto (for the specificity of the detailed reproductions) and Guardi (for the energy of his interpretation and poetics) […]”

Gabriella Pastor