Born in 1967 and raised in Colchester, Vermont, USA, art was always a hobby for Donato as a young man, he would steal away into the basement of his parents'.!
Painting by Donato Giancola, all credits go to him.
Donato Giancola
American painter
Donato Giancola (born 1967[1]) is an American artist specializing in narrative realism with science fiction and fantasy content, including images for Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Giancola has won honors including a World Fantasy Award, a Hamilton King Award, and many Chesley Awards for his illustrations.
Biography
Donato Giancola was born and raised in Colchester, near Burlington, in the state of Vermont.
He has lived in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters.[2]
Giancola first majored in electrical engineering at the University of Vermont, but left for Syracuse University to seriously pursue painting in 1989.
He graduated with a BFA in 1992.[2]
Giancola describes himself and his work as a "classical-abstract-realist working with science fiction and fantasy" and lists Hans Memling, Jan van Eyck, Velázquez, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Piet Mondrian, Rembrandt, Rubens and Titian as his favorite artists.[3]