Enchanted wood

Oil on linen 70x50cm (27.6x19.7x0.8in) 2024, ready to hang.

“Enchanted wood” is an artwork I started painting after making some research on Alan Alexander Milne and Winnie the Poo. Soon I felt so involved in his tales that I decided to paint a dream situation which could recall them. The toy bear in the painting represents childhood, which comforts the old man and helps him cope with memories and desires. This artwork is a homage to childhood and a call to consider the importance of memories of the past in everyday life. I chose a picture of a northern European wood to represent the enchanted wood, and added a colourful pattern to the ground and blu cobalt to the sky, to make it look magic. The artwork is stretched on a supported wooden canvas and the sides are painted, too, so you can hang it on your wall without framing it (at your own discretion).

“Enchanted wood” is an oil on linen artwork, 70x50cm, painted in 2024 in my studio in Vigevano, Italy.