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"ENTER THE WORLD OF MYTHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF ELENA SARNI"
by MILA ANDRE

     

"She's an artist who's unafraid to touch on biblical themes and turn them into something modern, sensual and compelling.

Lot and his daughters, David and Goliath, Judith with the head she has just cut off, they are all mixed-media work, executed in a most interesting way: Sarni uses oils, dry pigments and acrylic in layers, but the end result is a smooth surface, with the flesh tones so real, you'd think the paintings were photographs.
 
An innovator, Sarni also uses handmade paper with rose petals for her pen-and-ink series of drawings, "Kingdom of Flora."Here, voluptuous women and corpulent men with flower heads frolic in the nude. It's amazing what a few thin lines executed by a masterful hand can evoke.

from "Transforming Experiences" by Mila Andre, The Daily News, NY, October 30, 1998"

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