Perry Oliver (b. 1941) was born in Pennsylvania, United States. At the age of 27, having been a partner in a design firm in Maryland, Oliver left his life in America for Spain, finding a new home in the fishing town of Nerja in Southern Spain. Arriving as a young, self-taught artist in Nerja, a friend introduced him to intaglio printmaking, which began an uninterrupted involvement with it until 1999, when he made his first sculptures, and set up his workshop studio on a farm in the local village Frigliana. I spent many summers in this village, unknowingly surrounded by Oliver’s sculptures. At the beginning of 2024, when I visited the art shop Almagra at the top of my street, the etchings and sculptures marked ‘Perry Oliver’ made a great impression on me. I asked for any information on the artist, which was limited to a physical portfolio of his work. I was told he has never had a social media presence and lives remotely. Oliver’s works form public collections which include: La Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain; the Picasso Foundation, Málaga, Spain; la Universidad de Málaga, Spain; Tvis Kirke, Denmark.