Description
‘The Reverberating Whispers’ by Gina Altadonna
Artist: Gina Altadonna
Title: ‘The Reverberating Whispers’
Medium: Watercolour on paper mounted on custom birch panel
Dimensions: 12″ x 8″ x 0.5″
Framing: Unframed – Ready to hang
Year of Creation: 2023
About the Artwork:
“The girl felt the betrayal in her body, a visceral reaction that left her with a sense of insignificance and injustice. She could feel it tickling at the back of her mind; it got caught in her throat as though the whispers of it were reverberating all around her. The voices echoing just out of reach. They followed her even into the quiet solitude of her very own room. She wanted to disguise her face and could feel the heat of it running swiftly down into her eyes. She looked out, stricken still with the question, how could something so unseen feel more real than her own body?
‘The Reverberating Whispers’ helped me create and formulate what I wanted for my Shit Talking Hearts. This watercolor is the catalyst for the piece ‘The Voices in Her Heart’, which is the start of my brand new series of works, which will be a combination of watercolors and oil paintings.” – Gina Altadonna
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Gina Altadonna was raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a rural farming community. In 2010 she received a BFA in drawing and painting from the Pennsylvania State University and in 2014 She received her MFA in studio art from Stony Brook University. Since graduating she has participated in solo and group shows both nationally and internationally. She has received several awards and fellowships and has been interviewed and published in several different art publications. She is currently an Adjunct Professor in Illustration at The Moore College of Art and Design as well as a full time practicing artist and mother.