Alessandro Twombly

Alessandro Twombly was born in Rome. His vibrant paintings and richly textured sculptures reveal his deep connection with the rural life of the Roman countryside.

Twombly is very familiar with the plants and animals of the countryside and understands the long geological changes of the land. He described his relationship with nature by saying, “I approach nature the way other artists approach the nude.” In other words, he takes nature as the starting point of his creation, but instead of simply depicting the flowers and plants before him, he transforms them into abstract psychological feelings.

In his paintings, he expresses his state of mind through vibrant colors and bold brushstrokes. Twombly places the canvas on the ground and applies paint directly with his hands, creating broad and expressive strokes. He is skilled at using color, layering bright tones one upon another, precisely controlling light and shadow to create subtle variations.

This sense of intimacy with nature also extends to his sculptures. The fingerprints left on his materials show his attempt to create abstract effects through a “subtractive” approach, rather than taking external natural scenes as his main model. Twombly’s sculptures present the “inner power” of nature, pushing a certain energy toward the light, allowing the work to be illuminated and thus reveal its own form.