Among the many wonderful projects I’ve taken part in at the beginning of 2026, there’s also Apiario d’Autore (Artist’s Apiary): a project aimed at raising awareness through art, transforming apiaries into works capable of conveying the value of bees.

Together with 15 other artists, I created an illustration on a wooden panel which is the front of a real beehive!

The theme of the exhibition was “Il Bel Paese”, which is an expression used to refer to the natural and architectural beauties of Italy as a whole. My illustration represents the ideal connection between the world of bees with the splendid location of the exhibition, the Majella National Park.

AD Mauro Rutto