Gozitan artist Paul Haber is exhibiting Fired Imagination, a collection of ceramic sculptures, at the Banca Giuratale in Victoria, Gozo, as from Friday. The exhibition is being held in collaboration with Gozo Cultural Council and is sponsored by Bank of Valletta plc and Alka Ceramics Ltd.

True to the title of the exhibition, Paul’s imagination is fired by his constant interaction with nature, whether it is the peaceful, rural environment of his studio at Mtahleb, where he created most of his works, his idyllic homeland Gozo, with its beautiful coves, rock formations and clear azure waters, or the luscious underwater where he feels at home among the natural wonders found in the sea around our islands.

Paul is not concerned with process, which comes to him naturally, but with making the sculpture that he is compelled to produce by an inner urge to express himself, to divulge his fantasies and to share with others what his artistic subconscious reveals to him.

Paul studied art and sculpture in Malta, Rome, Perugia, and for seven years in London, from where he got his degree in ceramics. He has been teaching ceramics in government educational establishments, with his last position being that of visiting lecturer at the Malta College of Art and Design.

Following many collective exhibitions and personal shows in Malta, the UK, Greece, Italy, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Canada, Denmark, New York and Washington DC and Connecticut in the USA, Paul is now showing his work in his native Gozo.

Fired Imagination, which brings together a number of Paul’s ceramic sculptures, can be viewed at the Banca Giuratale, Independence Square, Victoria. The exhibition is open daily from Monday to Friday between 7.30am and 12.45pm, on Saturdays between 8am and 11.45am and 1.00pm and 3.45pm, and on Sundays between 9am and 11.45am. It will run until 31 August.