Tarini’s process begins with a search for the exact photographic match to a classical masterpiece, a hunt for a face that can inhabit a historical frame. By applying a precise stripes effect through Photoshop masks, he alternates between the brushstrokes of the Renaissance and the sharp grain of mid-century cinema. The result is a composite identity where the textures of hair and skin oscillate between two different eras of beauty, resulting in a face that the artist compares to the fractured perspective of a Picasso portrait.

The artist describes this method as "messing things up," yet the outcome possesses a structural logic that honors both the pictured and painted image. By layering these disparate visual worlds, Tarini explores how we recognize fame and femininity across centuries. The work relies on the tension between the flat, graphic nature of the digital edit and the depth of the original oil painting, inviting a closer look at where the icon ends and the myth begins.