AZORES
Immersing through greens
My camouflage body-painting and photography series created in Azores islands during 2024-2025 in collaboration with Azores Body-painting retreat.
On my initial trip to the Azores, I experienced a deep awakening in my heart. It felt as though a heavy stone had been lifted from my chest, enabling a cascade of emotions to flow freely and unleashing a wave of creative energy.
“WATER CRATER’
Photography and body painting
by Vilija Vitkute
Model/Dancer - Malgorzata S.
Assistant - Andre Almeida
Location - AZORES
Year of creation: 2024
“Ficus macrophylla / Moreton Bay Fig””
Photography and body painting by Vilija Vitkute
Model/Dancer - Malgorzata S.
Assistant - Anna Sales
Location - AZORES
Year of creation: 2024
“IN GREEN”
Photography and body painting
by Vilija Vitkute
Model/Dancer - Malgorzata S.
Assistant - Anna Sales
Location - AZORES
Year of creation: 2024
“THREE WATERFALLS”
During my first visit to the Azores, I felt a profound opening in my heart, as if a heavy stone had fallen off from my chest, allowing the waterfall of emotions to begin flowing freely.
A year later, I was back sharing my experience at Azores Bodypainting Retreat. In an enchanting place that resonated with us, awakening our inner child and embracing the energies of sisterhood and feminine flow as well dealing with inner fears and blockages.
As Sandrine, Sina, Malgorzata, and I walked along the magical, lush trail beside the river, we collectively sensed something extraordinary unfolding within us. In a moment of spontaneity, we jumped into the waterfall naked, feeling safe, in some kind of newborn mermaid state. The following day, we returned to create body painting, a vivid vision that had been etched in my mind. I am so grateful that it came true, and I thank all the beautiful women for sharing this unforgettable experience.
Photography by Vilija Vitkute VV ARTS & @katharinajung.photo
Model - Sandrine
2025 Azores
“ The Tree of Lagoa das Sete Cidades ”
Camouflage body-painting and photography by Vilija Vitkute and @katharinajung.photo
in collaboration with Azores Body-painting Retreat 2025.
Thank you to my syster once again for joining all the way to Azores and creating this experience-unforgettable retreat @ho_rockeringdama
To always be there for colourful experience, balancing our retreat for all these years talented @movementimage
To multi talanted photographer, artist, retreat, rituals qnd beauty creator @katharinajung.photo
Big thanks to our friends who showed us
azores with so much love, and we were able to give it further @aakokas @hi.anasales @adriano_quintela_sales
Our beautiful volunteers- models @evitahartkopf and @valentinalv
Most of all, thanks to all the beautiful participants who came all the way, trust in us, and created such a beautiful experience that we will not forget.
@dyremyhra @sina.braving.the.ocean.of.life and Sandrine @enyrdnec
Camouflage body-painting and photography by Vilija Vitkute and @katharinajung.photo
Model - Malgorzata S.
in Collaboration with Azores Body-painting Retreat 2025
LEGEND INSPIRED
The ancient story recounts the tale of a bad-tempered widower King and his daughter in a Kingdom in the Western Sea. He was a King, Lord of Alchemy and sorcerer, who lived exclusively for his daughter, Antília, and who would not let the Princess speak to anyone. Apart from the King, the Princess was raised by an old nurse, after the Queen had died. As the years progressed, the princess grew up to be a beautiful young woman and able to attract the attentions of any boy in the kingdom. However, the King restricted her movements to the castle and garden, and few ever saw her. But, unintimidated by her father, and with the help of the nurse, she escaped to the local hills and valleys, as her father slept after his lunch. During one of her escape adventures, she heard a song: the music was beautiful and enchanted her to follow it to its origins. Hiding from view, the princess found a young shepherd playing a flute, sitting on top of a hill. For weeks she returned, listening to the young shepherd, until she was discovered behind some bushes. The shepherd boy fell in love with the princess, and they continued to meet afterwards, talking, laughing and enjoying each other's company, until the boy decided to ask for the princess in marriage.
Early in the morning, the couple knocked on the door of the Castle, and asked the servants to speak to the King. Very nervous but determined, the shepherd asked the King for his daughter in marriage. Reacting angrily, the King refused and expelled him from the Castle, and forbade his daughter from seeing the young boy. Not wishing more ill feelings, she followed the orders of her father, but met secretly with the shepherd that afternoon in order to tell him that she would never see him again. Antília and the shepherd boy cried all afternoon, embracing, and their tears formed two beautiful lakes, one green, for the Princess's eyes were green, and the other blue, for the shepherd's eyes were likewise colored.
“ Antília of Lagoa das Sete Cidades ”
Volcano Goddess
Art video created in collaboration with The Memory Of Water project in Azores 2024
Film, photography, editing, bodyart, costume, producer and research - Vilija Vitkute
Model/Dancer/ paper art assistant - Malgorzata Sus
INTERESTED TO WORKING TOGETHER ? IN RETREATS, WORKSHOPS OR CREATIVE COLLABORATION PROCESS LOCATED IN AZORES ?
Fell free to contact via online form or email: river@vilijaart.com