French artist Fabienne Arietti has been painting for more than 20 years, utilizing a technique of the Old Masters, which imparts a lush, traditional appearance to her artwork. Born in Marseille, Arietti uses crushed organic and mineral pigments, including 100 layers of marble powder per painting. Working on the ground with enormous formats, Arietti successively layers colors from the clearest to the darkest, meticulously finishing each work with 150 coats of glaze. Arietti has created numerous renderings of Africa’s culture and wildlife, and is now focused on urban scenes and architecture.

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