Painter and author Alex Bigney (1952 -) was born in Boston and raised in rural New England. He is an accomplished and gifted author and artist whose paintings are exhibited in distinguished collections in the United States and internationally. While living and painting in Italy during his early adult life, he developed a lifelong and profound relationship with Italian art history and culture. This passion continues to sustain and inform the particulars of his artistic life—a life that is currently extended to students, colleagues, and friends. “Talking To Tesla”, the first of a three volume set, is the result of five years of exclusive dedication to the work he now refers to as “word painting.”