Extending a welcoming greeting, a woman invites all to enter a world of verdant beauty. A shaman hides between the tall grasses as he carefully admires the precious balance between flora, fauna and humans. People and animals rejoice in freedom, Francisco Vilchez says as he presents this energetic oil on canvas. The composition celebrates the harmony of life within nature as it exists independently and far away from modernity. It is part of my 'Pachyderm Memoirs' series, which is inspired by the work of Cuban artist William Lam. Titled El espÃritu del bosque in Spanish.