BIO
Eleonora is a wildlife and gold leaf artist born in Rome, Italy (1981).
She began drawing as a child and never stopped.
She has been selected for several exhibitions, such as the prestigious Wildlife Artist of the Year at the Mall Galleries (UK 2025 and 2021) by the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation.
Or the recent exhibition by the Green Door Gallery (Bruxelles, Belgium, 2025) or the one by the Association of Animal Artists at the Rose Paterson Gallery (Shifnal, UK, 2024) and The Station Art Gallery (Richmond, UK, 2024); or the one by Garte Milano at Palazzo Regione Lombardia (Milan, Italy, 2024).
Since 2020, she has been a proud member of the Association of Animal Artists, where she is committed to her work in the celebration and conservation of the natural world.
After graduating with her art degree from the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome, she began working in decorative arts and conservation workshops, collaborating with architects and interior designers, and primarily focusing on commissions. During this period, she has mastered traditional techniques, including fresco, Grotesque, egg tempera, and gilding—methods that now define her distinctive signature style and set her apart in the contemporary art world.
In 2012, she moved to Bristol, UK. She exhibited in several galleries and open exhibitions, and worked as a decorative workshop assistant and conservation assistant in various studios between Bristol and London.
Here she also got married and had a daughter in 2017.
During this experience, she encountered other beautiful techniques, such as verre églomisé, gilding, and painting on glass and mirrors.
She then moved to Vienna, Austria, with her family in 2020.
A truly international artist, Eleonora has lived and created work across Europe—from the United Kingdom to Austria—before returning to establish her studio in Rome in 2023, near family and long-time friends. This multicultural experience enriches her artistic vision and connects her work to diverse audiences.
Her work is published in specialised art magazines, books, and catalogues.
Some of her pieces are in private collections in Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, Brazil, the United States, and Canada.
STATEMENT
“Into the peace of wild things”
“I create peaceful wildlife art, luminous paintings with goldleaf backgrounds”
Eleonora's work stands as a profound tribute to the serenity of nature, focusing her artistic lens on creatures both fragile and resourceful.
Her subjects are captured in moments of grace, representing freedom, beauty, and the delicate balance of ecosystems under threat. Each brushstroke honours the unique character of her subjects, from garden songbirds to flying insects, to rare species facing conservation challenges.
She combines traditional oil painting with radiant gold leaf backgrounds, that transforms each piece into a luminous experience. “Through the gold I intend to create a waterfall of warm, enveloping light that inspires a sense of serenity, beauty, and belonging.”
The gold background comes from her experience as a gilder and decorator. It symbolises the luminous richness of the natural world, and it gives the viewer a feeling of warmth and serenity, reflecting light differently throughout the day.
The choice of gold leaf is not a simple aesthetic exercise, but an act of consecration. As in ancient icons, the gold background removes the subject from chronological time to deliver it to eternity: every creature from the most common to rarest ones, is elevated to a sacred symbol, a treasure of biodiversity deserving of honour and protection.
In her works, oil paint dialogues with metal leaf to create a vibrant and ever-changing experience. The image appears and transforms depending on the angle of the light and the viewer's gaze.
Her work draws deeply from the delicate design of Chinoiseries for their joyful, delicate design and the traditional religious icons, for their sense of peace and knowledge, merging Eastern aesthetics with Western art traditions.
“With my work I aim to evoke a reverent feeling towards the serenity of nature, a sense of joy, beauty, and peace.
Ultimately painting these creatures is my way of resisting indifference: it's an invitation to pause, to observe and to recognise the immense and vulnerable beauty of the world that hosts us.”
