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Lemons and Lemon Trees

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

Last year was a year of chaos. I was wading through too much info and too many activities.

And I was promoting other artists because an art gallery in a medieval French village was gifted to me. It’s the Nouvelle Galerie Massillon in the historic center of Hyères. It’s an artist’s village truly off the beaten track. 

For the gallery I opened an Etsy shop, currently hosting my illustrations, paintings, and food icons. The ceramics are coming soon. Lemons and lemon trees are the theme for January. Yellow is the happiest colour on the palette. Read below why I was inspired to paint Lemon trees Here is a discount code for 25% off all artwork from today until January 18th. 

Lemon Food Icon
Lemon Tree Painting by Angie Brooksby
Lemon Tree Painting by Angie Brooksby
Lemon Tree Painting by Angie Brooksby
Lemon in terra cotta
Lemon Tree Painting by Angie Brooksby
Lemon Tree Painting by Angie Brooksby
Mock up of a Lemon Tree Painting by Angie Brooksby
The artist is creating a Lemon Tree Painting, Angie Brooksby

Yellow brightens the spirit. 

Everyone should have a lemon tree painting on their wall.

Angie
Terra cotta lemons created by Angie Brooksby

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Why do I like to paint Lemon Trees

One of the best things about living here is the citrus trees. The lemon trees are loaded with yellow fruits. My mouth waters when I see them. The aroma from the blossoms mixes with the sea breeze. Last year I painted my first lemon tree. This year lemon trees will be a constant on my easel. For years I have painted cityscapes from photographs. My illustrations are the inspiration for my lemon tree paintings. They are lighthearted. They come from my joy of drawing.

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Featured on the header

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

In the last month Singulart selected two of my paintings for curated collections. Times Square Nite. was selected as the banner image for the entire collection. What a wonderful surprise!

Clic on the images to see the collections.

This is a screenshot from the page of the collection

The painting is Times Square Nite and it’s in this collection. Travel with Singluart: North America.

For sure Times Square is a bucket location. It’s worth seeing it once, even if you aren’t a city person. When I was there some guy rode by on his bicycle and complained about the tourists. I thought that was funny.

Here is what this gorgeous painting would look like on your wall, if you live in Paris :)) . The mannequin on the left is for sale, it’s called Place Colette. The other one moved to a luxurious apartment on the other side of Paris.

From Singulart’s collection À Table.

Another painting that was selected for a curated collection is Le Bistro du Peintre. Probably the largest cafe scene that I’ve made to date. It looks great on this red wall. It’s in the collection À Table.

It pleases me to be featured in this collection because my paintings have been about food for years. In Italy I painted food in the style of the Romans. It was called Xenia when they decorated the walls of villas with still life’s of fruit. They did this as an offering. Anyone who came was offered fruit. LOL, you couldn’t eat it but you were offered. I like that.

Painting on the French Riviera

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

I never imagined I would live on the Riviera. Moving here wasn’t part of any plan, I bought a train ticket last year and in that moment life took an unexpected turn. Grey Paris lost its charm.

Mediterranean landscape and seascape paintings by Angie Brooksby-Arcangioli
Mediterranean Landscapes by Angie Brooksby-Arcangioli available on Singulart

I moved back south to paint outdoors, like I did in Tuscany before I moved to Paris. Painting Roses in the Jardin de Gassin seemed like Alice in Wonderland might appear behind the bush. Painting in the poppies was a delight. I met a color blind photographer who could not see the poppies.

Those three paintings look wonderful together, I think you should get them, LOL! Find them here >> on Singulart.

Come Paint with me photo by C.Dgene

But painting on the sea is something special. The light changes constantly. You have to paint fast and sure. It’s thrilling. Like a roller coaster ride.

Come paint with me! I teach half day workshops in the great outdoors, on the seaside. In lavender fields, in villages, in vineyards. Wherever you want to go. Absolute discretion guaranteed! I’ve worked with rock stars, politicians, and TV producers, and normal folks like myself.

come paint with me on the French Riviera . Click to find out more!

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How I found freedom from my dream

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

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This past year has been a time for reflection and it’s brought big changes in my work. Looking back I see that I realized the dream of my youth.

What was that dream ?

Move to Paris and be an artist. Dreams are attainable. In 1988 I left the US with 400$ in my pocket and a one way ticket to Italy. During the 21 years I lived there I carved a niche in space and built a career.

Then one day I woke up and saw that wasn’t the life I wanted. I sold everything and moved to Paris. People said I was stupid to give away all that I had built and move for the unknown. I had everything in the material world that would make 90% of the people happy. Including a house on the Etruscan coast. Every summer I spent 3 months at the sea…

But Paris was the destination. And it’s been good to me.

Then last year the persona Angie the Artist seemed to vanish. Nothing worked, nothing sold. I was in the red and digging. I had to get a job. I was terrified. I had to get a facial🤣 and I sobbed for an entire day. Starbucks refused me. Amorino didn’t even respond. My ego was a doormat.

Thank God I was practicing Hatha and Nada Yoga everyday. The vritti were calm.

I wanted a job where I didn’t have to think. I cleaned a house and the lady never paid me. I didn’t want to teach English though I had a good CV and I’d been smart enough to get a teaching certificate. Just before the massive strikes last December I interviewed with Cap English.

Then the strikes hit.

They offered me classes the next day because many of their teachers couldn’t get to work. I walked 3 hours in the rain to teach for 3 hours then another 3 hour walk to get home…

I subbed in different schools until in one school the teachers begged me to take over because the former teacher left.

I never knew how much I would like teaching. I even forget I exist when I’m writing on the blackboard. I was liberated from the persona Angie the Artist because I was enjoying myself, thought I did have to think 😉. No time wasted declaring taxes, doing marketing. No pressure.

One day during the lunch pause I looked at a tree and thought how the tree was content. It didn’t need to be anyone. It didn’t have to pretend

I was liberated from a 30+ year ego trip.

And now I am free to paint, scuplt, and play music.

The Deva in my studio

| Angie Brooksby Arcangioli

Corona virus was my companion for 8 weeks. He taught many great lessons. Mostly how to be still. Joining an intensive online Zheng Qi Gong class was surely the best non-move I made in my life. This is what I painted.

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