Painted in Elena Vladimir Baranoff's highly innovative genuine egg tempera technique, developed with years of
experimentation and experience, her self-portrait “Awakening” presents a moving and searching exploration of personal identity through portraiture.
Offering up an artist's dialogue with the audience, the insightful painting acted as a point of self-discovery.
The artwork is the artist’s first self-portrait and was painted during the creation of her original fine art composition, inspired by Charles Perrault’s fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty”.