The image of Suzanne in the forest grows slowly, at first it is transparent, then gradually becomes solid. It disappears again in a similar way. We come from nature and will return to it.
Simard, author of “Finding the Mother Tree” the world’s leading forest ecologist has changed how people view trees, their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest.
First Nemonte’s face appears, followed by spears. She begins calmly, persuasively, but the spears demonstrate that she is ready to fight with whatever means necessary.
Nemonte Nenquimo is an indigenous Waorani woman defending her ancestral territory and way of life.
This video shows an important part of the process I used to make the portrait of Jane Goodall. Turning pages show how the prep drawings are used to layer and build the final portrait of Jane for the “do you know Her” project.
The building of the portraits of Jane Goodall and Marian Anderson are featured in this video. Jane, primatologist and conservationist, and Marian, a classically trained singer and civil rights activist coexist in the same frame. Their connection is the dynamic layering of different colors to create the final double portrait.
An interview with Temple Rome Gallery’s curator Shara Wasserman, as an introduction to my show in the Gallery. This show was the culmination of work done with funding from the Temple University Presidential Humanities and Arts Research Grant, 2019.
Students from Bruno Montefusco’s Italian theatre class at Temple University Rome practice their skills by reading their chosen quotes from women featured in my series of portraits for the “do you know Her” project.