Starborn

Mixed media on canvas, 70 × 100 cm, 2022
A presence emerging through transformation, where what was once unresolved becomes the ground for a new form of being.
The work originates from a pre-existing composition, whose underlying structure remains as a silent trace beneath the surface. From this foundation, the figure is reimagined and brought into light — no longer bound to its original form, but reshaped through a process of intuitive intervention and renewal.
Suspended within a deep, nocturnal field, the figure appears illuminated from within, surrounded by a space that evokes both the cosmos and inner perception. Layers of color and texture suggest a passage from density to openness, from shadow to presence.
In Starborn, transformation is not an erasure, but a continuation — a movement through which something once incomplete becomes a source of new meaning.
Developed from an original composition by Paolo Amoretti.
Availability: Sold
A limited edition fine art print of this work is available on ilariaberenice.art — signed and numbered as part of a collector’s edition.

