Original artwork description:

Original oil painting by Susana Zárate, contemporary fine art.
This is an impressionistic original painting, of a Himba girl , from Namibia, Africa.
Himba people, are famous for covering themselves with otjize paste, a cosmetic mixture of butterfat and ochre pigment. Otjize is considered foremost a highly desirable aesthetic beauty cosmetic as well as protection from the extremely hot and dry climate of the Kaokoland.
Image Size: 11x14 in,

Susana Zarate BA (Hons), works with a range of mediums and subjects from figurative, nudes, and animal portraits using oil and watercolours to abstract and semi-abstract landscapes using acrylics and mixed media.
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Materials used:

oil

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