Maggie Simonelli, Heart of Water, Blue #2 (sold)
encaustic, 16 kt pale gold, aluminum leaf, DIOR Denim 279 eye shadow and pigments on birch panel 36" x 36" x 1 1/4"
detail Heart of Water, Blue #2
WATER & PEARLS
encaustic paintings by maggie simonelli
Maggie Simonelli, Heart of Water, Blue #1 (sold)
encaustic, 16 kt pale gold, aluminum leaf, DIOR Denim 279 eye shadow and pigments on birch panel 36" x 36" x 1 1/4"
Maggie Simonelli Heartbeat of Water #1
Encaustic, 22 kt gold leaf, arctic blue silver leaf, aluminum leaf , oxidized copper leaf and pigments on wood 24” x 37 1/2” ” x 1 1/8" (sold)
Maggie Simonelli Heartbeat of Water #2
Encaustic, 22 kt gold leaf, arctic blue silver leaf, aluminum leaf, oxidized copper leaf and pigments on wood
24” x 37 1/2” ” x 1 1/8" (sold)
Maggie Simonelli Heart of Water, blue & gold 2022
encaustic, 16 kt pale gold, aluminum leaf, Pat McGrath Labs Subliminal Mothership eye shadows and pigments on wood
20” x 20” x 1 1/2” (sold)
Opalescence of crushed pearls, warmth of peach orange resonates from coral, translucence of beeswax, turquoise floating in a sea of blues, pale golds, shimmering silvers, these are the materials of Maggie Simonelli's paintings that speak to the heart through the senses.
Maggie Simonelli Love is a Cloud that Scatters Pearls, Triptych 2019-2021 (sold)
Encaustic, crushed pearls, Japanese coral, oyster shell and Iwamomo (pink glass) pigments, MAC eye shadow,
aluminum leaf, bee pollen and pigments on wood 20” x 60” x 1 1/2”
detail, one panel of tryptch Love is a Cloud that Scatters Pearls
LEFT Heart of Water, baby blue #3 RIGHT: Heart of Water, gold #7
encaustic, 16 kt pale gold, aluminum leaf, Pat McGrath Labs Subliminal Mothership eye shadows and pigments on birch panel each 6” x 6” x 1" (sold #3 & #7)
Heart of Water, blue & gold #8
encaustic, 16 kt pale gold, aluminum leaf, Pat McGrath Labs Subliminal Mothership eye shadows and pigments on birch panel
6” x 6” x 1" (sold #8)
Maggie Simonelli Love is a Cloud that Scatters Pearls 2019 - 2021
Encaustic , crushed pearls, Japanese coral, oyster shell and Iwamomo (pink glass) pigments , MAC eyeshadow, metal leaf, and pigments on birch panel 40” x 60” x 1 1/2
scatter pearls, heart of water
Maggie Simonelli Pearl within the Pearl 2021
Encaustic, crushed pearls, 16 kt. pale gold leaf, Japanese coral, oyster shells and Iwamomo (pink glass) pigments, MAC eye shadow, aluminum leaf, and pigments on birch panel 36 “ x 36 “ x 1 1/4" (sold)
Enchanted by themes of nature, love and compassion in the exhibit Scatter Pearls , Heart of Water Maggie Simonelli embraces the feminine, beauty with highly decorative style and sensuality of touch. Alchemy of elements are “slow-cooked” on double boiler creating handmade paints of beeswax. Rich, luscious surfaces of translucent paint are interlaced with pale gold, silver leafs on wood panels with Simonelli's signature encaustic “burn-in” technique. Painting with the nacre of real pearls in Love is a Cloud that Scatter Pearls the softness of the color has a shell like effect encompasses the viewer in pale coral pearl cloud. Continually layering into wax, Simonelli carves out arabesque shapes and lines with ceramic tools, layering colors with iridescence of embedded metals.
Maggie Simonelli Heart of Water 2021
Encaustic, 22 kt gold leaf, arctic blue metal leaf, aluminum leaf and pigments on birch panel 36 “ x 36” x 1 1/4” (sold)
Maggie Simonelli Love is a Cloud that Scatters Pearls 2019 - 2021
encaustic, crushed pearls, Japanese coral, oyster shell and Iwamomo (pink glass) pigments, MAC eye shadow, aluminum leaf, and pigments on birch panel 60” x 60” x 1 1/2”
Opalescence of crushed pearls, warmth of peach orange resonates from coral, translucence of beeswax, turquoise floating in a sea of blues, pale golds, shimmering silvers, these are the materials of Maggie Simonelli's paintings that speak to the heart through the senses.
Maggie Simonelli Heartbeat of Water 2021 (sold)
Encaustic, 22 kt gold leaf, arctic blue silver leaf, aluminum leaf and pigments on birch panels 24” x 75” x 1 1/8
detail, one panel of Love is a Cloud that Scatters Pearls 2019 - 2021 (sold)
Enchanted by themes of nature, love and compassion in the series Scatter Pearls, Heart of Water Maggie Simonelli embraces the feminine, beauty with highly decorative style and sensuality of touch. Alchemy of elements are “slow-cooked” on double boiler creating handmade paints of beeswax. Rich, luscious surfaces of translucent paint are interlaced with pale gold, silver and oxidizing copper leafs on wood panels with Simonelli's signature encaustic “burn-in” technique. Painting with the nacre of real pearls in Pearl within Pearl the softness of the color has a shell like effect encompasses the viewer in pale coral pearl cloud. Continually layering into wax, Simonelli carves out arabesque shapes and lines with ceramic tools, layering colors with iridescence of embedded metals.
Simonelli says "As this year brought us indoors and within, the paintings reflect this quiet contemplation of our own nature and connections to nature that brought solace in the face of uncertainty." The Heart of Water is a mediation on water as the compassionate heart of nature and mirror reflection into our own hearts as we dealt with loss. The fear, tragedy, death and the uncertainty, brought us a new expanded awareness of our relationships to each other and to the sacredness of life."
Maggie Simonelli Love is a Cloud that Scatters Pearls, Triptych 2019-2021
Encaustic, crushed pearls, Japanese coral, oyster shell and Iwamomo (pink glass) pigments, MAC eye shadow,
aluminum leaf, and pigments on wood 20” x 60” x 1 1/2” (sold)
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
Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing
Translated by Coleman Barks
Simonelli embraces the decorative, playing on the liberation of beauty, sacred love and divinity of the feminine in a living nature. Simonelli paintings return to reverence of Nature and sacred love . Adorn the paintings, finishing with soft, velvety shimmering colors from MAC cosmetics incorporating titles to play into a created sacred love mythology.
Painting with real crushed Pearls IN THE STUDIO with MAGGIE SIMONELLI : The making of Love is a Cloud that Scatters Pearls
Maggie Simonelli painting process is a devotional contemplation, a communication of beauty and nature of the human spirit through the hand.
