good morning, indeed!

already the little one crawled out to say hi. just a quick little drawing, all in pencil.

there is no better way for a day to begin.


Alpha (study 4)
15" x 11"
graphite on paper
angela simione, 2009

nameless...

after consuming enough coffee to murder a small donkey and struggling with installing, un-installing, and re-installing photo programs this morning i'm finally back to being technologically competent. big sigh of relief.

this is the mess i made all over the gallery floor yesterday...




and this is the drawing i made during my two hour time slot...



unnamed drawing
15" x 11"
graphite and masking tape on paper
angela simione, 2009

i stopped drawing every now and then to chat with strangers and enjoy a glass of wine with a sweet woman named maggie that seemed to really know where the work was coming from. i love it when that happens: the mind-meld with a complete stranger... an affinity that goes beyond class or status or clothes or all the other arbitrary markers of a person's type and kind... just two humans with a whole slew of commonalities that don't need to be talked about or sorted out because you already understand each other and no explanations are necessary. lovely.



detail


these sisters are, as of now, unnamed.

this afternoon...

while waiting for paint to dry...



untitled (sisters 6)
15" x 11"
graphite and masking tape on paper
angela simione, 2009




detail

somewhere around 4am and after more coffee than i should've allowed myself...

lineage study
15" x 11"
graphite and erasure on paper
angela simione
2009

a study of the painting i'm working on... you know, the one i keep talking about. :)

sunday...

...the day of rest. sort of. all my projects are now well in to the realm of painstakingly slow detail work and my goal of getting them all wrapped up by the new year is starting to seem a bit unrealistic. :) that's what i get for starting too many things at once, i suppose... a tendency that runs through my entire family. it's alright. they'll all be completed about the same time and i'll have tons of pictures to post. until then, i'll post pictures of other people's work! check out this work by artist Candice Lin:







totally creepy, totally gorgeous, work after my own heart! i love it! sadly, the gallery i found her through has closed it's doors but i was still so overjoyed to see this work. technically stunning, conceptually and emotionally engaging, amazing all the way around. Lin's work makes me what to get back to my days of pencil drawing and see what beautiful spookiness i can come up with.