This is another portrait of an African woman but it is a more modern representation as she is clad in western clothes. It is interesting how she looks downwards as if the artist attempted to capture her 'feelings’. There is a sense of serenity about her. I think it is a beautiful painting.
Freddie Booker-Carson, collector

This image is immediately reminiscent of the Renaissance Madonna. No surprise that the artist is Italian. What is surprising is how directly he has recreated the portrait of an African woman in a deeply familiar European mode. The downcast eyes, the soulful expression, even the neat headscarf announces this image as part of a long tradition of Madonna worship.
Mike Phillips, curator

I believe that the subject for this painting sat with tremendous humility. She is revered and respected and gained her respect through her actions, her beauty is inconsequential to her goodness. She is a ‘bella beauty’ in forms and deeds.
Hassan Arero, anthropologist