Jesse studied at the Academy of Art in Florence for five years and moved to the United States in 1994. He has completed murals at the Tuckerton, New Jersey Seaport Museum, the Naples Pizzaria, and in a dozen other locations throughout the state as well as in Maryland , Delaware and in New York.

“Being a nostalgic painter, I paint hometowns, birthplaces. I am also very influenced by nature -- it is the best teacher of all. Nothing touched me more.”