PORTRAITURE IN PRACTICE
Style Is How We See
Mirror & Lens Portraiture Project
An immersive and collaborative performance between artist and client; an exploration of material experience. Consists of magazine portrait, collage, shamanic journeying, guided meditation, journaling, & divination. Duration 8 weeks per client.
KATHRYN
“Gabriella was the lens I needed to reclaim my agency and power; even to reclaim parts of me that I didn’t know I had. “ -Kathryn, Phoenix, AZ
JULIA
“Translating a person’s essence and deep internal values into their stylistic presentation is not a simple task. It requires the ability to combine a great talent for styling with deep listening, understanding, and space holding. Gabriella has the rare capacity to do this.” - Julia, Los Angeles, CA
ASHLEY
“Working with Gabriella reconnected me with who I am and gave me the courage to share that with others.” -Ashley, NY, NY
ELISSA
“It's a fun, joyful process . . . I'm vibrating higher and living more fully as me. . . It's wild the implications of letting this inner work show outwardly - people really do respond. “ - Elissa, Brooklyn, NY
GALLA
“Gabriella has created a magical practice . . . I call her my style shaman because we work with the energies of objects and desires, intuition and wisdom. Throughout our sessions a part of my identity solidified for me, became tangible through words and expressed through clothing. I see my body as a brand new canvas through a simultaneously fresh and familiar lens. Through this process I was able to reinvigorate everyday moments in my life and make them a source of power and creativity.” - Galla, Los Angeles, CA
GIGI
“Gabriella helped me bring my vision for my new home to life. She did so by applying her artistic design background and her insight into the emotional and psychological attachments we have with our homes and objects. Gabriella proposed smart, intuitive tools to work through moments of doubt and connect back to what I truly want.”
— Kasia, Los Angeles, CA
“I've been especially feeling Gabriella’s inspiration the last few weeks. I’ve been in a job for a year and a half and everyone wears jeans. I wanted to fit in but I hate jeans more than any other piece of clothing. I realized that I am making myself unhappy by wearing them, and after just two weeks of wearing my real clothes I feel like a person again. . . . Gabriella has inspired me to never settle for someone else’s idea of what I should wear because I only function in my style.”
-Tina, San Antonio, TX
“Gabriella offers her deepest self and great care to this work. Working with her was deep, creative, playful, productive, and spiritually enriching.”
- Julia, Los Angeles, CA
“Gabriella’s intuitive guidance and structured program allows the spiritual and the material to coexist in creating and building your unique body’s soul expression. I felt seen by Gabriella and that is no small gift.”
— Bryn, Santa Fe, NM
“Gabriella is a light that shines on your inner self, allowing you to see hidden truths and find real beauty.”
— Anna, New Jersey