LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD – Acrylic, water-based oil colour on Canvas € 420
“Little Red Riding Hood” (or “Little Red Cap”) is a French fairy tale for young children about a young girl and a wolf. The story comes from a folktale which means that it was a spoken story for a long time before it was a written story. It was first written down in the late 1600s, by Charles Perrault. Red Riding Hood has been told as a tale of childhood naivete in colourful picture books, as a bawdy adult tale of innocence lost in the woods, and a coming-of-age story that deals with themes ranging from morality, the boundaries of culture, social expectations and the relationship between the sexes. The theme of Little Red Riding Hood is to be careful of those who are predators who want to take the most valuable things in life away from others to “feed” their own selfish reasons. One must be wary of those in disguise, even when they appear to be someone we love. Ask questions and be careful who you trust. Depending on the version of the story, the girl is either eaten by the wolf or saved by a woodsman or hunter.