In this vibrant quartet of paintings Kenneth conjures a place not tethered to the physical world, but born instead of memory, imagination and emotional resonance.

Inspired by his childhood in the Forest of Dean, this series of four paintings traverses the moods of the seasons, offering a vision of the woods not as they are, but as they might be, if seen through the eyes of wonder. This is a forest of transformation and enchantment, a place where time is suspended and nature reveals her inner poetry.

The trees are stylised and symbolic, pale-limbed and crowned with domes of foliage, standing like guardians at the threshold of another realm. Their rhythmic, almost architectural arrangement forms a colonnade through which the viewer is gently led inward, into shadow, into story. The curved canopies gather above like the vaults of a cathedral, inviting quiet contemplation. Light dances across the clearing, its tone shifting from the lemon-pinks of spring to midsummer’s vibrant green and gold, from autumn’s rich amber blaze to the cool hush of winter violet and indigo.

This is not a wood to be traversed in haste. Rather, it is a space to pause, to listen to the breeze that rustles unseen creatures, to the distant echo of hooves, to the quiet breath of the unicorn whose presence is never depicted, but always felt. Kenneth does not illustrate the mythical creature; instead, he invokes its spirit through palette, pattern and mood.

As a quartet, Unicorn Wood represents a kind of emotional landscape, both cyclical and eternal. It is an allegory for the inner world of the artist and of all those who carry a sense of magic, longing, and belief in beauty that exists just beyond the scene.