Color. It has always moved me. I am mostly drawn to the
arrangement of color in a painting.

I tended initially towards a naïf style of painting, though this did not
prevent me from experimenting in other ways.

Living in the North West of Southern Africa, in an area surrounded
by bush and all sorts of fauna, there is always something of the
natural world to discover. I started on a project of depicting animals
that are found in this area.

Soon the idea of adding a human element to my images started
evolving.

There is no intention on my part to make a realistic portrayal of what
I see. I would rather try to touch that indefinable quality between
the real and the imagined world.

I have always been close to my Italian roots and have often
wondered at the twists and turns of life that have contrived to find
me in a culture and natural habitat far from my origins.

I have decided to exploit this dichotomy in my images and find that
they surprise and intrigue me prompting me to further explore
possibilities.

Due to an allergic reaction to oil and acrylic paint, my medium of
choice is oil pastel. It is the closest to the texture I seek. I generally
find oil pastel to be a versatile and pliable medium.