Art and poetry from Angelica

Oil paintings and digital painting poem

I am so pleased to share work from Angelica with you this month, two oil paintings and a hybrid digital painting poem, that speak to me of the processing of heavy emotional loads, of weight and complexity, of disconnect and reaching for interconnectivity. Perhaps you’ll get something else from this work, please feel free to share your thoughts!

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abstract painting in a range of colours, features include blue mesh object to the left and a house-like structure on the bottom right. canvas is painted in layers and some of the brush marks reveal layers underneath.

abstract painting in a range of colours, like a dystopic landscape with a prominent feature being a yellow and black shape reminiscent of a bumblebee. other shapes include possibly a wheel and a body of water.

text (R) and image (L) side-by-side, the image is of an artificial plant with light pink flowers and there are loose red markings to bring the piece together into a coherent whole. markings include a star and wave-like shapes to the right. the text reads: ‘ARE YOU GOOD GOOD AT WHAT JUST GOOD I DON’T KNOW I CAN BE MEAN SOMETIMES I DON’T WANT TO BE’

Angelica (she/ they) is an artist, poet & musician born in London, who also uses the moniker “shimmerer”. Her work is about healing and transformation, often involving the natural world as well as different synthetic and non-organic materials. She has a website (angelica-makes-art.hotglue.me), a Substack (@aflowerunfolding) and a YouTube channel (@shimmerer_00000), and currently makes work from her studio in North London.

Angelica has exhibited work/ run workshops in the U.K, Mexico, Germany and Poland. She has a diploma in fine art, specialising in painting, from CSM, and a degree (1st class BA and honorary MA) in English Literature from the University of Cambridge.