“My current work is deeply connected with the six months of the year I spend living and working in an olive grove, close to the hill town of Palombara Sabina, north east of Rome. The inspiration for my drawings, sculptures, prints and paintings is derived largely from the Sabine landscape: ancient olive trees, Etruscan, Roman and Renaissance remains, tombs, and artefacts that can be found throughout the area.
The sculpture, olive leaf works and paintings reflect my recurring obsession with repetition and exploration of the tension between the organic and geometric. Other underlying themes include the fragility of the eco system with the increasing urbanisation of the landscape in this part of Lazio.
More recently I have made olive wood charcoal to produce a series of representational drawings that explore the surrounding landscape. Work is further developed from my studio in Ditching.”
