Leone Tartaglia (Rome, 1949) is an artist who has developed his artistic identity through continuous experimentation with painting and sculpture, further refining his skills at the School of Decorative Arts.

His approach to watercolor represents a natural confirmation of this technical ability. His work leaves no room for hesitation or second thoughts. Planning and then controlling the delicate balance between water and color is a challenge that, each time, carries the unmistakable feeling of confronting a blank sheet of paper.

Transparency and color washes must always preserve a sense of vibrant light. Tartaglia has elevated watercolor through a graphic quality that never becomes mere drawing. His lines do not define or constrain; instead, they fragment into countless delicate strokes, gradually merging and dissolving into the color.

In this way, line and color become magically intertwined, dominating the composition while living together and giving the painting its soul. This union finds its most natural expression in Roman landscapes and seascapes, where simplicity becomes the perfect subject through which color and atmosphere can fully emerge.

Numerous group and solo exhibitions have marked the artist's journey, as he continues to pursue his research into an ever greater refinement of his expressive means and artistic language.