Luciano Scher­er has two descrip­tors in his Flickr pro­file that I think sum up his work: post-naive and goth­ic. Themes in his work are a bit dark, with crea­tures loom­ing over the land­scape. They are in con­trast to an oth­er­wise idyl­lic land­scape, only adding to the feel­ing of uneasiness. 

In addi­tion, Luciano does paint in a flat, almost naive man­ner, remind­ing me of Hen­ri Rousseau, a promi­nent folk painter. The con­trast between the endear­ing for­est and the evil lurk­ing with­in is a com­pelling part of Luciano’s work. 

All images via Flickr.