My work gets often drawn to Renaissance Italian villages and towns, brimming with secret knowledge and history. A particular focus is the persecution of minorities, often branded as witches and heretics, carrier of healing wisdom and heralds of the enlightenment
Francesca da Todi, 30x30inches. Italy's first persecuted witch. Frrancesca Matteuccia was a healer and midwife in her community until a Sienese Saint condemned her
Witches of Triora, 30x30inches. Last Italian witch trial in Triora near Genova, 1585
Bonfire of Vanities, 30x30inches. Girolamo Savonarola and his army of religious zealots burn artistic and scientific treasure on the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, 1491
Morano Calabro, Rumours, 30x30inches
Colledimezzo, 30x30inches
Pennadipedimonte, 30x30inches