I live in the mountains high above the Upper Tiber Valley in Italy. Each day at dawn, I bid farewell to the night and observe the rise of the sun between two lofty peaks. The sky’s transition from darkness to daybreak is breathtaking. When night sets in again, the moon lights up the valley, revealing the silvery contours of the hills, deepening the ebony of the mountains against the darkening sky. These sights are a constant source of inspiration. My colours come from nature’s pallet but I never work straight from nature. My approach is more oriental and meditative. I prefer to memorize what I see and digest what I feel. I let the subject transform itself by filtering it through my mind. What happens on the canvas is not a direct reflection of reality but an emotive expression of captured time and inner space.