Italian watercolorist Giovanni Cera paints the flora and botanicals of Mediterannea as well as European landscapes and cityscapes. In his scenes—some of which are created in ink—one might find a view of the twisting, undulating branches of a tree, groupings of plump fruits and vegetables atop white backgrounds or waves crashing against craggy shorelines. 
Old door in San Piero, watercolor on paper, 6 x 9"
His watercolor Reflections depicts the Warmond canal in the Netherlands filled with lily pads. “The water is a mirror that makes dynamic, fantastic figures according to the laws of physics,” Cera says. Entirely different is his watercolor Old door in San Piero, capturing a weathered building in Tuscany, Italy. “Every time I drive to the village of San Piero a Sieve, the old door shows its age but looks always the same,” he says. “It seems that everything around can change, while the door remains impassively as an immutable woodcarving.” Oak in winter depicts the “vital and complicated” structure of a massive oak tree in Tuscany. 
Oak in winter, watercolor on paper, 6 x 9"
Reflections, watercolor on paper, 6 x 9"Cera is currently a member of the Society of Botanical Artists, based in London. He has been selected and taken part in collective exhibitions in England, Italy, Scotland and Spain, as well as personal exhibitions in Germany and Italy. The artist has works in private and public collections and has won two awards from the Society of Botanical Artists. —
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