these are the drawings i made while i hid inside from the heat and i must say i adore them!
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untitled 1 and 2
11" x 7.5"
water-soluble graphite, gouache, and masking tape
angela simione, 2009
they are untitled as of yet because i'm thinking these ladies need a few friends to keep company with. i'm also thinking they'd made good prints. hmmmmm. ideas, ideas, ideas. i'm gonna get back on the drawing-wagon this afternoon. it's supposed to get up to 110 today so i'll definitely be hiding inside.
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I absolutely love these! The drips are great!
the drips are my favorite! that and the tape. :) thank you!!!
I agree it is fun to draw, explore, and meander can definitely be relaxing and soothing. I like that they look like they are from a different time period and the tape. And now I know what a swamp cooler is :)
hahahaha! :)
the reference for these are vintage cameo-style photographs. i'm glad you like the tape!
These are heartbreaking, especially the buttons. My grandmother had a Mason jar full of them. When I was at her house I'd string them and when I left she'd unstring them we did this for years. I knew each button by heart I think that's why they move me or it might just be your brilliance shimmering through and the faces, the expressions so deft and each their own.
xo
and the stories inside, we must not forget the women who went before us, who carved the way for us and these paintings seem to bring their (lives)(suffering)(joy)(anonymity) to light you honor them and there is deep play and truth inside their faces and what is hidden.
rebecca-
thank you so much! honoring the lives of the woman who came before us, who tolerated being silenced with such poise, such grace... who worked to lift that veil and whose struggle i now benefit from is exactly what i'm trying to do with this work... with the maid paintings... with all of it. and for you to let me know that i've succeeded in doing that with these little drawings brings up the hot tears. thank you so much and i love your eloquence and thoughtfulness and honesty. i may have to paraphrase you in my next artist statement! ha! :)
women
so lovely...
thank you joetta!
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