Donne d’argento, or the Silver Women, are an act of reclamation and celebration of the female form, an attempt to take women who had been painted by men and place them within a female-created and female-centric narrative. The silver leaf functions as a gesture, meant to be a metaphorical protective garment for these females. The silver is also meant to be an offering to the women who have come before, a brilliant and shining surface that illuminates a particularly female magic.
Madonna, Queen of the Earth and Sky, from Santissima Trinità dei Monti in Rome, 10”x 8”, oil and silver leaf on panel
Woman from Giardini di Boboli, 10”x 8”, oil and silver leaf on panel
Woman in traditional clothing from Palermo (for T), 10”x 8”, oil and silver leaf on panel
Woman in traditional clothing from Sabina region, 10”x 8”, oil and silver leaf on panel
A Ghost (with camera cord), 10”x 8”, oil and silver leaf on panel, 2018
Judith from Giardini di Boboli, 10”x 8”, oil and silver leaf on panel, 2018
Sposa di Moretta (Woman in traditional Marriage clothing from Moretta), Piedmont Region, 10”x 8”, oil and silver leaf on panel, 2018
Popolana di San P. Niceto (Woman of San P. Niceto), Sicily, oil and silver leaf on panel, 2018