A fairytale world painted on wood by Brândușa Panc

The Wood Magazine is the link to the world of wood and the special people who, in one way or another, are part of this world. Among them are Brîndușa Panc, for whom painting on wood is the great joy of life. It is a world that he discovered by chance and which has transformed his life into a fairytale populated with flowers, birds, fairytale characters, ships and enchanted chests. But let me tell you the story.

English teacher from Dumbrăvița

Brîndușa was an English teacher and lived and taught in Timișoara for a long time. Now she lives in Dumbrăvița, near Timișoara, where her husband has a furniture workshop and where she paints in her favorite corner of the kitchen. They have done their best to equip the small studio with the necessary equipment, but she feels it is far from what she would like. But even in these modest conditions, they have managed to produce some beautiful work.

Ever since childhood, Brîndușei has loved to draw, and later, as an adult, she used all sorts of techniques to craft small objects that transformed her home into a warm and cozy home. Almost three years ago, one night, unable to breathe because of a flu that had been nagging her for some time, she got up and started to paint on a piece of wood she found handy. And that's how she discovered her passion in life, which brings her the greatest joy today.

Now she paints all kinds of wooden objects, new and old, made or refurbished by her husband. She loves old wooden objects that people bring in to be refurbished. She thinks of how many stories they have witnessed, how many stories they could tell. And she gets great joy when she can give them a new face to come back with to continue her story.

Home, love, famous quotes and J.R.R.Tolkien - favorite themes

She has lots of favorite themes. Nature is a constant source of inspiration. She loves painting flowers and birds. She gets great pleasure when she has to paint something for children. She loves stories and likes to put characters she has dreamed about since childhood on wood. One idea that she really liked and brought to life with great joy was to paint chests, personalized boxes in which parents can keep memories of their children. These boxes are to be given as presents to the children when they come of age.

Another favorite theme is J.R.R.Tolkien, whose avid fans are all family members. Chests painted with pictures from his books bear witness to this. Favorite themes are home, love, famous quotes. He likes to paint little houses with a glimpse of a happy family life, the joy of a simpler, peaceful and loving life.

She finds love stories, especially those on the faces of old people who have been through life together, through thick and thin, and have managed to keep their love alive, the most romantic thing. She likes to write famous quotes on wood and believes it is important to enrich our lives with inspiring words.

The pleasure of DIY, of transforming objects, has never gone away. For example, from an old wooden drum on which electrical cables had been wound, he made a table and a board to write the menu in his own kitchen, and a tin can with some wooden elements made a gorgeous decorative mushroom house.

The universal language of wood painting

Whether it's a wooden painting, a painted piece of furniture or an object he has handcrafted, each painting he makes is absolutely unique and is entirely freehand, including the lettering, without any template. He happily does custom paintings and, on request, even paints models he has painted before, but each work has its own individuality and can be at best similar to another, never identical. And the only person who witnesses these marvels is her cat, Miss Tilly, who inspects every work with the utmost interest 🙂

Her knowledge of the English language has helped her painting go beyond the borders of her country. She has fans in many corners of the world and this confirms that she is on the right track. Although in the beginning she painted only for her own pleasure or for friends, over time she started to work for others, doing personalized works. Now she receives orders and sends them both at home and abroad and she assures us that she puts a lot of heart into what she does and wants to bring joy to everyone who buys her products Brîndușa Art.