Sensuality

Sensuality

Sensuality by Ilaria Berenice   SensualityWith this portrait, Berenice wanted to convey sensuality and connection to nature. The portrait is painted with acrylic colors and beads, and beads are intertwined in the woman’s hair. Original work size: 50 x 70...
Tibetan Refugee

Tibetan Refugee

Tibetan Refugee by Ilaria Berenice   Tibetan RefugeeBerenice once went to Ladakh in India where the main population mostly consists of Tibetan refugees. So, there at a height of 4,000 meters above sea level, she no longer felt that she was standing on a tiny...
Dogon Woman

Dogon Woman

Labial Disc Woman by Ilaria Berenice   Labial Disc WomanТhis is a portrait of a Dogon woman. The tribe lives in Central Mali and is famous for their spectacular rituals revolving around cosmology.  They have extraordinary knowledge of astronomy and their own...
Fulani Girl

Fulani Girl

Fulani Girl by Ilaria Berenice   Fulani GirlFor this portrait, Ilaria Berenice was inspired by a face she saw in a magazine. This  is an African woman from the Fulani tribe in Mali.  It is painted in oil colors. The background is a blue oil color mixed with sand....
Transavatar

Transavatar

Transavatar by Ilaria Berenice   Every Person Has Gold InsideBerenice painted Transavatar before she watched the Avatar movie. After seeing the movie, in which beings deeply related to nature were blue, her connection with this painting became even stronger. The...