Adriano Manocchia

Adriano Manocchia was born in New York City. He received a Bachelors degree from Pace University and spent the following 12 years as a photojournalist traveling the world before turned his attention to painting in 1984. His waterscapes and sporting scenes quickly received the attention of critics worldwide. Adriano’s work is in major private collections in North America, Europe and Japan. His paintings graced magazines around the world like Gray’s Sporting Journal, Sporting Classic, Sports Afield, Fly Fod & Reel, Outdoor Life, Pescare (Italy), Flyfisher (Japan). He is not just a painter but a story-teller, using a paint brush to inspire emotions. An old creel, bamboo rod, a creased photo, become the elements of a story. Water with its sounds, colors, movement, have always awakened a deep response in him. One of the predominant responses from anglers is that sense of peacefulness one feels while viewing his paintings. “My paintings are my emotions; I paint what moves me. It is that incessant search for the visually stimulating that makes this voyage exciting.” Today, when not in his studio Adriano enjoys his antique cars and fishing the Battenkill near his farm in upstate New York.