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This painting is loosely inspired by the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood, but set in modern times. The famous tale is about a young girl travelling through a forest and encountering a wild wolf who tries to trick her.  

Young people of today still must set out on their own journeys through sometimes challenging or intimidating phases of their lives, encountering dark presences (or their own psychic shadows) along the way.  In this image, Little Red is seen entering a dark portal (to another world? a different life? her own unconscious mind?).

Painted in professional quality acrylic paints (Golden Open), on gesso-coated wood panel. Unframed (framed image is shown for illustrative purposes only). The panel can be framed in the same way as a stretched canvas, or in a tray frame with the edges of the panel exposed (as shown in example image). The "home interior" view is shown for illustrative purposes only and may not be exactly to scale. 

This work is part of a new body of work exploring fairy tales, and how they may still relate to our modern lives.

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Red Riding Hood and the Secret Portal Painting

Sheila Chapman

United Kingdom

Painting, Acrylic on Wood

Size: 11.8 W x 9.1 H x 0.2 D in

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This painting is loosely inspired by the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood, but set in modern times. The famous tale is about a young girl travelling through a forest and encountering a wild wolf who tries to trick her. Young people of today still must set out on their own journeys through sometimes challenging or intimidating phases of their lives, encountering dark presences (or their own psychic shadows) along the way. In this image, Little Red is seen entering a dark portal (to another world? a different life? her own unconscious mind?). Painted in professional quality acrylic paints (Golden Open), on gesso-coated wood panel. Unframed (framed image is shown for illustrative purposes only). The panel can be framed in the same way as a stretched canvas, or in a tray frame with the edges of the panel exposed (as shown in example image). The "home interior" view is shown for illustrative purposes only and may not be exactly to scale. This work is part of a new body of work exploring fairy tales, and how they may still relate to our modern lives.

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Acrylic on Wood

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11.8 W x 9.1 H x 0.2 D in

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I am a figurative painter based in Edinburgh, Scotland. I'm inspired by everyday experience of life and especially people and nature. My paintings often focus on nature and the way people connect with the natural environment in our modern world, especially those of us living in cities and towns. I think about how important the environment is for all of us, and how the changing environment may affect our future lives. I record my ideas in sketches, photographs or plein air paintings, from which I often then develop larger works in the studio. I enjoy using the physicality and expressiveness of the materials - usually ink,acrylic paint or watercolour - to attempt to describe in visual language those strange or beautiful moments which always seem to elude capture in the written word. I am inspired by contemporary figurative artists such as Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas and Chantalle Joffe, but also by the Scottish tradition of painting including artists such as William Gillies and the Scottish Colourists, especially Cadell for his bold use of colour.

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