Into the Baobab Forest – Acrylic Painting by Cilla Lowen

Dimensions: 80 cm x 80 cm

Medium: Acrylic on stretched canvas

This evocative acrylic painting by Cilla Lowen invites the viewer into a dreamlike landscape where towering baobab trees rise with quiet monumentality, their glowing trunks rendered in rich, expressive layers of crimson, ochre, and amber. Set against a cool, atmospheric sky, the contrast between warm earth tones and muted blues creates a sense of both stillness and latent energy.

Working in a contemporary expressionist style, the artist uses intuitive mark-making and layered colour to move beyond literal representation, capturing instead the emotional resonance of place. The baobabs—ancient, enduring, and deeply rooted—become powerful symbols of time, memory, and connection to the land.

Subtle narrative elements emerge through the inclusion of small human figures along the winding path, offering a sense of scale and journey. Their presence draws the viewer into the scene, suggesting themes of passage, exploration, and coexistence within a vast natural world.

The surface reveals a dynamic interplay between transparency and density, where areas of softly brushed colour sit alongside more saturated, gestural passages. This balance creates depth and movement, encouraging the eye to travel through the composition and linger within its layered atmosphere.

“Into the Baobab Forest” is both a landscape and an experience—an invitation to step into a place that feels at once familiar and otherworldly. Ideal for collectors drawn to expressive, place-based work, this piece brings warmth, narrative, and a strong sense of presence to any space.