"We as Sisters Shine Together"- January 2012
Client: WORLD (Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Disease), Oakland, CA

Size: 8' x 4'

In December 2011, Ellen Silva met with WORLD (Women Orgazined to Respond to Life-Threatening Disease) to schedule a 6-session healing mural project with members of support groups for HIV/Aids. The women joined together to create a mural that expresses their experiences of living with HIV/Aids. During the first meeting with Ellen Silva, the women expressed a desire for a mural about healing and hope. They each sketched the ideas that came out of their discussion.

Ellen composed their drawings and inked in the drawing (below).

Next came gridding the drawing, then the board.

Then the women colred in their drawing to use as reference in the painting sessions.