Italian by birth (Orvieto, Umbria), Arianna Caroli holds a doctorate in Ancient Literature and Archeology from the University of Rome. Arianna has always been fascinated by the Spirit and the Art of the East, attracted by its elegance, exoticism, sensuality and mystical content. Long sojourns in Thailand, Laos, Burma, Cambodia and India, along with periods in Europe and in the United States, have made her truly a citizen of the world. Her paintings combine eastern mysticism with western expressive power. Studying Russian icon writing, Arianna discovered how gold can make a painting at the same time sumptuous and transcendent, two qualities that characterize her work…