As he was a resident of Parma, Claudio Bernardi was unfamiliar with the Langhe; the opportunity to explore it and be fascinated comes with MON. A more assiduous presence in the region and a constant look at its landscape led him to take up an old passion: painting. As a younger man he participated in and won several painting competitions, particularly sacred art. Like other street artists, he was also called "Madonnari", because of the subjects they depicted, which were sacred images mainly illustrating the Virgin Mary. However, His passion for painting did not supersede his love for architecture, which he has been practicing for many years. As an old-school architect, he doesn’t use technical drawing programs but relies exclusively on freehand. Impressed by the landscape of the Langhe, he opened an artistic workshop. Since 2020, he has been focusing on representing the area using humble materials such as jute (previously used for coffee sacks), cardboard (used to be packing material), and wood (recycled from handmade works) in his pieces. Through these mediums, he imitated the signs of the territory, such as the roughness of the vine rows and the groves which characterize the Langhe landscape. This collection is a personal interpretation and an inner reading of the character; it is an abstract vision that starts from the figurative, which summarizes the distinctive features of the landscape in symbols and signs.