anonymous girls....

Anonymous Girls #3
22" x 15"
ink on paper
2008

this has been a secret series of mine for about a year and a half now. only a few people have seen this work... until now! the gallery took this piece for the november show and i am so excited about it! it's work that people seem to feel pretty strongly about- they either completely love it or hate it more than any thing else. :) which i get a really big kick out of! when i first started this series, i was sort of just doing it to keep my hands busy and quickly ended up having a huge stack of little 8" x 10" ink drawings of girl heads. at the time, i had been really invested in the untitled sisters paintings... portraits of girls cropped at the neck (headless), and a classmate of mine made the statement that maybe this was where all their faces went. i really enjoyed his outlook and decided i'd let these drawings happen as they needed to and to not force them in any particular direction.


Anonymous Girls #4
11" x 7 1/2"
ink on paper
2008

it's been nice to have a low-pressure/secret project that grows and changes at it's own rate. i have so many that still need to be photographed. hopefully, we'll have a few more days of beautiful and bright weather... i've got an amazingly large (and constantly growing) pile of artwork that needs to be documented. i get so wrapped up in new work that i keep forgetting to take pictures! now that this project is no longer so secret... i'm anxious about what kind of reception this work will get next month during the exhibition... documentation will become quite important.

anyway...
any one else see the similarity between this work and the "black apples" series? a pretty nice partnership, i'd say! i really like seeing these pieces together... maybe i should make a zine of my own? definitely something to think about.


black apples (2)
15" x 11"
ink on paper
2008

"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!