Born in Tarquinia in 1952, he graduated in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome with Alberto Ziveri. Driven by the need to acquire new modes of expression, he experimented with different artistic languages and techniques such as drawing and bronze and terracotta sculpture. He delved into ancient Etruscan techniques, in particular the use of haematite, an iron oxide that he extracted from rainwater deposits in the area and that, combined with oxygen reduction and bucchero firing, gives his works unique ochre and brown to black tones.