In questi giorni si apre a Sarmede la 27  edizione della mostra internazionale di illustrazione per l’infanzia  Le Immagini della Fantasia, e anche quest’anno ci sarà una delle mie illustrazioni! Si tratta di un’immagine ispirata al racconto australiano Il Grande Occhio dello Spavento, parte dell’antologia di fiabe dell’Oceania curata da Luigi Dal Cin.

A lato, una mia illustrazione ispirata ad un’altra fiaba della raccolta, La Casa delle Nuvole.

Da ieri, sabato 17 Ottobre alcune mie illustrazioni sono esposte al Caffè Martelli di Pordenone, dove rimarranno fino al 7 Novembre.

Si tratta di 6 illustrazioni ispirate a fiabe diverse, fra cui quella riprodotta qui, tratta da una fiaba dell’Oceania, La Casa delle Nuvole, raccolta da Luigi Dal Cin, che ho realizzato quest’estate durante un corso a Sarmede.

I made this painting this summer, during an illustration course in Sarmede. It was inspired by an inuit fairy tale, but I actually wanted to paint a woman carrying a lamp, so I think the immage isn’t strongly related to the fable itself.

Here I tried to represent Melusine, the dragon-woman of medieval legends. Some of the stories tell that, after her flight from the window, Melusine sometimes comes back to her house at night, to see her beloved children. I immagined her in one of that moments: she watched her children sleeping and she is deeply sad because she was forced to leave them.

I made this picture during an illustration course in Sarmede, this summer, and it was selected to be included in the 25th exposition Le Immagini della Fantasia.

The illustration is based on a Chinese fairy tale. The story is about a beautiful and skilled girl who could embroider wonderful animals and give them life. She is ordered to create a real dragon in a week, she had to work day and night so I imagined her falling asleep over her dragon when she finally ends.

Procede, anche se con lentezza, il lavoro dedicato alla fiaba di Brancafuart. Ovvimente, le illustrazioni sono sempre in ordine sparso… Qui siamo all’inizio della storia, con Celestin che arriva alla casa di Brancafuart…trasportato da un’aquila!

The prince brought Sofia to the carriage, but he suddently hear a voice singing:

“Sparrow, little sparrow, go away from my seeds!

The daughter of my stepmother is going to marry my fiancè!”

The prince understood: he got into the house and arrived to the storage room following Serena’s voice. He kicked in the door, and freed Serena. Then he pushed Sofia out of the carriage and went to the church with Serena.