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i've posted a few new things at little black fences, one of them being the big redoute rose painting, as well as a few smaller works like this one:



it's my very first ACEO (Artist Card, Edition, Original)! i only recently learned about Art Trading Cards and thought it's such a sweet and wonderful idea... especially since it was just a few weeks ago that i did the art trade. i was so pleased to find out there's an entire culture surrounding trading artwork. in order to be an artist trading card, there is one stipulation that must be followed: it must be the size of an actual trading card (3 1/2" x 2 1/2")... alot harder than it sounds!

the garden of weeds image is one that i've been working with for about two years now but is so different from my regular subject matter that i've not shown the work very often. i think they are so lovely though and the image was perfect for this art form. keep your eyes peeled for more of these little sweeties over the course of the next few weeks! and...


untitled (garden of weeds)
7 5/8" x 5 5/8"
mixed media on paper
2008


while i was laying in bed last night, waiting to get sleepy, i did this little painting. i'm going to post it in the shop tomorrow. i'll be posting alot of work over there as we get closer and closer to the holidays so check in often.

hope everyone's week is of to a great start! angela

back home and licking stamps...

Southern California was blue and bright this trip and i would've loved a few extra days of sun and Mexican food but i'm back home and ready to dive back in to painting.

tomorrow, i'll be mailing out the art trade (thank you so much to the people who participated!). it's so much fun to trade work and is such a great way to be supportive of another artist's practice. it's just so important to be encouraging and appreciative of the work other people do. it can make such a wonderful difference sometimes. making sure to go to openings, leaving comments on blogs, giving feedback when asked, and making a point to let an artist know that you've had a reaction to what they do is such a big help and, more often than not, just what the artist needed right that very moment. i'd like to do another art trade soon... maybe a bit closer to the holidays.

i also got the new postcards i ordered. based on the overwhelmingly positive response to 'dahlia 1', she is the image on the front of the postcard.



i'll be mailing out a bunch tomorrow as well but if anyone out there would like one, send me an email and i'll add you to my mailing list. it'd be my pleasure. :)

ever since i built a website for the work, i've been much more focused and pleased with the work as a whole. finally sitting down and re-writing my artist statement awakened a wonderful and relieving bit of clarity. putting together work that falls within the parameters of my statement is very satisfying and i feel like i'm exploring my ideas in a much deeper and concentrated way. it's more personal, more powerful... not necessarily more accessible than my previous work, but i'm very proud of the route the work has taken and i feel very attached to it. even the poems i've been writing as an extension of my visual practice have been reigned in and make a lot more sense than they did a few months ago. maybe i'll post a few of them here once i get further along with them. i'll work on getting my courage up to do that.

"let's be friends" art trade!

no complaints here - i spent the entire weekend at home drawing... in bed, no less, and managed not to drip any ink on my white quilt. :) my hand is a bit cramped but it's a small price to pay for such a wonderful couple of days. i worked out a few ideas i've had rolling around in my head and then just drew for fun. i spread all the work out today and was amazed by just how much there was. 13 in total! dang! and with an inventory like that, i thought it'd be nice to do an artist trade.
the 4 drawings below are all 11" x 7.5", small and cute, but definitely big enough to frame and hang on the wall.



black apples (7)

they are drawn in ink on Rives BFK (being archival counts!), and signed and dated on the back. the 'black apples' are an image that i am absolutely in love with right now and it is quickly turning in to a series. i even like the way it sounds when i say it out loud... black apples. try it.



black apples (6)

so if you're an artist and you'd like to have one of these, send me an email - angelasimione@aol.com - and we can work something out. i love trading artwork and think it should be done way more often than it is.



black apples (5)

i've only got 4 of these little beauties to ship out so, in the hope of making a few new art-friends, the offer is not extended to family members. sorry family members, christmas is coming, hang in there.



black apples (4)

don't be shy! drop me a line and let me know which drawing you'd like to trade for. get 'em while i got 'em to give!!! thanks!