Nadia Kissel/ Landscapes

The Tuscany Sketchbook emerges from sustained engagement with the Tuscan landscape, understood as a palimpsest of geological, cultural, and historical forces. Formed through prehistoric tectonic activity and subsequently shaped by agricultural, architectural, and social interventions, this terrain presents a continuous dialogue between natural processes and human inscription. Within the lineage of European landscape painting, Tuscany has long operated as a paradigmatic site of visual and artistic reflection; this body of work positions itself in conversation with that tradition while remaining grounded in direct observation.