
Designers bring Italian flair to Ottawa
Kathleen Johansen, Centretown News
Cora Zilli and Elisa Cavalleri have started a new artistic business, handpainting murals on walls in homes and restaurants. Archive 1997-2016
Both Italian with dark hair and big smiles, the two women share a passion for art and interior decoration. Now, they also share a new design business called Eli & Coco Decor.
Kathleen Johansen, Centretown NewsCora Zilli and Elisa Cavalleri have started a new artistic business, handpainting murals on walls in homes and restaurants.
Sunlight through green leaves. Yellow blossoms rustling by the side of a house. Vivid pink petals. John Hillcoat’s The Road begins on a poetic note with a triptych of colourful, static images like floral portraiture in veneration of the beauty of nature.
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