Once Upon A Time

Solo Exhibition

Melori and Rosenberg Galleries, Venice, Italy

23 November - 23 December 2008

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Once Upon a Time marks an early chapter in Veronica Green’s practice, where storytelling, symbolism, and imagination first begin to take form within her work.

Drawing on the visual language of fairy tales and childhood narratives, the exhibition presents a series of paintings inhabited by familiar yet ambiguous figures. These characters move through imagined landscapes—spaces that feel at once intimate and uncertain—suggesting moments of discovery, vulnerability, and quiet transformation.

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Architecture, nature, and symbolic objects appear as fragments of a larger narrative, never fully resolved. Rather than illustrating specific stories, the works create open-ended worlds where meaning is shaped through personal interpretation and emotional response.

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Even at this early stage, Green’s interest in layered realities is evident. The paintings invite the viewer to look beyond the surface, to consider what lies beneath what is seen, and to reconnect with a more instinctive and imaginative way of perceiving.

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Once Upon a Time does not refer to a fixed past, but to a state of openness—where imagination leads, and where the boundaries between memory and fiction begin to dissolve.