Between 1915 and 1917 the Russian composer, Sergei Prokofiev wrote a series oftwenty piano pieces. While playing them for a gathering of friends, the poet Konstantin Balmont wrote a sonnet which entitled Mimolyotnosti which Kira Nikolayevna would translate as Visions fugitives. Inspired by these dazzling miniatures, I have assembled a jewel box containing twenty individual felt-tip drawings on watercolor paper capturing

fugitive visions of Italy.

I have always been eager to capture the faded beauty of cities and buildings. This obsession would inevitably draw me to Venice and Sicily. Wandering amidst the shadows of the Venetian light I have tried to portray the beauty of this luminous city.

No part of Italy has as many layers of history or been inhabited by so many different peoples as Sicily. From the Greeks who colonized Siracusa and Selinunte, to the Romans in Agrigento, to the Normans in Palermo.

1915年至1917年间，俄罗斯作曲家谢尔盖·普罗科菲耶夫（Sergei Prokofiev）写了20首系列钢琴曲。诗人康斯坦丁·巴尔蒙（Konstantin Balmont）在一次朋友聚会上演奏这些作品时，写了一首十四行诗，题为《Mimolyotnosti》，基拉·尼古拉耶夫娜（Kira Nikolayevna）将其翻译为《瞬息幻影》。受这些令人赞叹的小曲的启发，我组装了一个珠宝盒，里面有20张用毡尖笔画的水彩画，捕捉到了意大利的瞬息幻影。

我一直渴望捕捉城市和建筑的消逝之美。这种痴迷会不可避免地把我吸引到威尼斯和西西里岛。在威尼斯的光影中徘徊，我试图描绘这个发光的城市的美。

意大利的任何地方都没有像西西里岛那样有这么多的历史层次，也没有像西西里岛那样有这么多不同的民族居住。这里有殖民锡拉库萨和塞里南特的希腊人，有阿格里琴托的罗马人，还有巴勒莫的诺曼人。