UK-based, Italian artist Cristina Celestini works with coloured pencils to create figurative works, many of them large-scale, on paper. Multi-layered, her drawings have a ghostly, transformational quality, whispering stories that evolve across time and inspired by classical paintings and religious iconography.  Working with coloured pencils, Celestini experiments with line and weaves incredible detail into her figures’ bodies and clothing. By layering images and colours, she explores “the fleeting nature of memory and our ever-changing perceptions.” Her drawings invite viewers to look anew, and through a female lens, at well-known tales. In her practice Cristina brings women to the forefront  and in her work with models and friends she presents empowering depictions,  drawing out facets which are often unseen.