@ptown_artgalleryassociation 🌟 June 7–July 18: Maggie Simonelli - Golden Dawn 🌟 @garymarottafineart
Immerse yourself in Maggie Simonelli's enchanting series Golden Dawn. Her works celebrate nature, love, and presence with a feminine touch, blending beauty and sensuality in a highly decorative style.
🎨 Artist Reception: 📅 Friday, June 7 & Saturday, June 8 🕖 7–9 PM
📍 Pictured: Golden Dawn 1 by Maggie Simonelli, Encaustic, crushed pearls, 22 kt gold leaf, 16 kt pale gold leaf, aluminum leaf, Japanese coral, glass pigments on wood, 36” x 36” x 1 1/2”
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Golden Dawn 1 by Maggie Simonelli 2024
encaustic, crushed pearls, 22 kt gold leaf, 16 kt pale gold leaf, aluminum leaf, Japanese coral, glass pigments on wood 36” x 36”
Nacre of Pearl in Provincetown Magazine
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Maggie Simonelli explores themes of nature, feminine beauty, and love primarily through material and process. Her signature encaustic “burn-in” technique begins with a mixture of beeswax and pigments which are “slow-cooked” in a double boiler. For this series, her materials include pearl dust, crushed oyster shells, coral, and a range of blue pigments – many from women’s cosmetics – as well as 22 kt gold, copper, and silver metal leaf. As Simonelli ads layer upon layer of satin translucent wax-based “paint”, she carves arabesque shapes and lines into the gold and metal leaf. A quote from Rumi inspired the series title:
“Love isn’t the work of the tender and the gentle;
Love is the work of wrestlers.
The one who becomes a servant of lovers
is really a fortunate sovereign.
Don’t ask anyone about Love; ask Love about Love.
Love is a cloud that scatters pearls.” ~ Rumi
Maggie Simonelli received a BA from Connecticut College and an MFA in Painting and an MS in Art History from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. She has had solo exhibitions at Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY and Gary Marotta Fine Art, Provincetown, MA. Other gallery exhibits include Van Brunt Gallery, NY, Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, NY, Margaret Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA and the University of South Carolina, Beaufort. Simonelli’s artwork has been commissioned for private homes and corporate lobbies including Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, David Rockwell in NYC and the Inter-Continental Hotel in Boston. Simonelli has lectured on her art for the NY Society of Cosmetic Chemists, COLOR 2020 and #BeyondTheBrief 2019 at Peclers, Paris. NYC Headquarters.
www.saranightingale.com
https://hamptons.com/sara-nightingale-gallery-presents-maggie-simonelli-scatter-pearls-heart-of-water/
ART OPENING : SATURDAY OCTOBER 30TH 4-6 PM AT SARA NIGHTINGALE GALLERY
Pale, Pearl Sea by Maggie Simonelli at EFA OPEN STUDIOS March 2020 (Copy)
Pale, Pearl Sea
Birth of Venus series by Maggie Simonelli ✨✨✨
Encaustic, crushed pearls, oyster shells , 16 kt pale gold leaf, seawater from Batroun, Lebanon, Chanel 847 Envol eyeshadow, pigments and lotus oil on custom birch panel 9” D
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NEW COMMISSION - Venus Rising
In the Sea of Love, Venus Rising by Maggie Simonelli 2018
Encaustic, crushed pearls, pigments, make-up, 16 kt pale gold leaf, aluminum leaf, Rose Damascus, acrylic, Japanese Coral and Iwamomo (pink) pigments and bee pollen on birch floating panel (Private Commission)
34" x 60" x 3"
