"It was Emilio's desire for intimacy with the landscape of Tuscany, the land of his fathers, that got him into painting. He loves the heat and warmth of summer, that oozy drowsy heat that one experiences on a warm day after a good lunch, the same heat that penetrates the very centre of your body in a hard game of squash on a hot court. He loves big country views, really bright light, burnt summer flora, olive groves, traditional villas, country churches, backyards and details of buildings jutting out of trees. In addition to Tuscany, Glasgow, the West of Scotland, sunny Scottish mornings and English churches and churchyards also fill him with a passion to paint and often to record not so much what he sees but what he would like to see.