Intrigo internazionale

Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film 'North by Northwest,' starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint. The themes of identity exchange and espionage during the Cold War unfold with continuous plot twists. In the painting, it captures a 'still frame' of the two protagonists engaged in a secret conversation in a forest, entangled in a confusing web of truth and fiction. The dominant hues are the dusty blue of their elegantly understated attire and the sage green of the vegetation, cool colors that blend with the shadowy sandy ground. Diagonally, two 1950s cars define the confined space of the scene. (Private collection)