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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.

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COSMIC FIRE, RED #6 by Maggie Simonelli

as seen on @artscope instagram today and in SEPT /OCTOBER ISSUE

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#Manhattanbased #artist @maggiesimonelli #MaggieSimonelli’s #encausticpaintings have been a mainstay @GaryMarottaFineArt #provincetown since 2011’ her current exhibition, “Cosmic Fire,” remains on view thru Oct. 31. Her current works combine #minerals, #pigments, #metalleaf and even #makeup to symbolize transformation through destruction and regeneration. “Choosing the materials to represent this subject, I had to direct myself towards western art history,” Simonelli said. “I imagined the heart of the flame, choosing 24 kt. gold and cinnabar, cochineal and the most beautiful reds became the ‘elements’ that could describe fire as both material and intellect. The physical beauty of the heart of the fire represented by the red crackling in the flame by the #gold.” (Seen here: Fire, Red #6, 2020 #encaustic, 24 kt. gold leaf, 16 kt. pale gold leaf, oxidizing copper & aluminum leaf, lipstick, cochineal, cinnabar & pigments on wood, 20” x 20”) #provincetownma #ptown #capecod #artistsoninstagram
For more Capsule Previews of #NewEngland fall #exhibitions, download our Sept./Oct. 2020 issue at tablet.artscopemagazine.com

ON VIEW : new paintings cosmic fire until October 31st at Gary Marotta Fine Art in Provincetown

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NOW ON EXHIBIT UNTIL OCTOBER 31st at Gary Marotta Fine Art

A STUDIO VISIT with MAGGIE SIMONELLI

Take a tour with me in my art studio in New York City.
Come see my new artwork and hear about my inspirations.
Indigo from Kyoto, Japan, cinnabar, pale gold leaf, bee pollen and cosmetics come explore all the materials making up the paintings.

A Studio Visit with Maggie Simonelli
Directed by Billy Gerard Frank
Edited by Patrick McCarthy

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

#pearl #oystershells #birthofvenus #chanelcosmetics #seawater #batroun #palegold #goldleaf #lotusoil #lotus #fineart #artist #maggiesimonelli #encaustic #paintingswithcosmetics #beeswax #paintingswithgold

WIND & GRASSES Art opening at gary marotta fine art g-1

NEW COMMISSION - Venus Rising

ART OPENING : SARA NIGHTINGALE GALLERY Saturday, March 24th 6 - 8 pm GROUP ART exhibition Not Supported

WIND & GRASSES    BEFORE & AFTER COPPER LEAF OXIDATION

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Wind + Grasses Triptych 2017-8 by Maggie Simonelli
Encaustic, oxidizing copper leaf, 16 kt pale gold leaf, Japanese coral, Arabian malachite, bee pollen, cosmetics:  CHANEL 204 Tisse Vendome eyeshadows and pigments on wood    20” x 30”

🌊 of ❤️ ON VIEW: Window •. Sara Nightingale Gallery •. SAG HARBOR • EASTER

"In the sea of love, I melt like salt, Faith, Doubt - they both dissolve. A star is opening in my heart, The worlds turn in it."    ~ Rumi

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🌊 of ❤️ Sea of Love by Maggie Simonelli
Encaustic, 16 kt pale gold leaf, Japanese coral, Japanese Iwamomo pink glass, Chinese cinnabar, CHANEL 96 Utopia eyeshadow, CHANEL 847 Envol eye shadow, pigments, acrylic under painting, and sea water on birch panel 36” x 36” x 1 3/4”

THANK YOU SARA NIGHTINGALE 💖  ! 

SO HAPPY 💖 to be in the WINDOW of your
NEW GALLERY LOCATION at 26 MAIN STREET
  in SAG HARBOR