Giovanni Lombardi is an artist who explores the intersection of drawing and painting by drawing directly into wet oil paint with a graphite pencil. This process blurs the lines between the two mediums, creating a hybrid where each transforms the other. The interplay between precise graphite marks and fluid oil paint balances control with spontaneity, resulting in work that challenges traditional boundaries and invites new perspectives on both mediums.

Giovanni graduated from OCAD University in 2016, where he developed his distinctive artistic process. Through his ongoing exploration of materiality and abstraction, Giovanni continues to push the boundaries of drawing and painting.