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Sanda Iliescu: Arrivals, Angels
Angel with Birds and Flowers (St. Francis), 2019. Ink on paper, 19 x12”, 22 x 16” framed (sold)
Angel with Dog and Serpent, 2019. Ink on paper, 19 x12”, 22 x 16” framed
Angel with Notebook and Bird, 2019. Ink on paper, 19 x12”, 22 x 16” framed
Angel with Birds, 2019. Ink on paper, 19 x12”, 22 x 16” framed
Angel Starting on a Journey, 2019. Ink on paper, 19 x12”, 22 x 16” framed sold
Angel: After Brancusi’s Portrait of James Joyce,2019. Ink on paper, 19 x12”, 22 x 16” framed
Angel in Greek Costume,2019. Ink on paper, 19 x12”, 22 x 16” framed
Angel Crying with Bird, 2019. Ink on paper, 19 x12”, 22 x 16” framed
Angel Brings Medicine, 2019. Ink on paper, 19 x12”, 22 x 16” framed sold
Angel Bringing Snow,2019. Ink on paper, 19 x12”, 22 x 16” framed. sold
Angel with Snail,2019. Ink on paper, 19 x12”, 22 x 16” framed
Angel Crying, 2019. Ink on paper, 19 x12”, 22 x 16” framed
Angel Crying, 2019. Ink on paper, 8 ½ x 5 ½”, 12 x 9” framed
Angel, 2019. Ink on paper, 8 ½ x 5 ½ “, 12 x 9” framed sold
Angel Crying, 2019. Ink on paper, 8 ½ x 5 ½ “, 12 x 9” framed
Young Angel, 2019. Ink on paper, 8 ½ x 5 ½”, 12 x 9” framed
Angel (The Engineer), 2019. Watercolor on paper, 10 x 10”, 14 x 14” framed
Angel Reading, 2019. Watercolor on paper, 10 x 10”, 14 x 14” framed sold
Two Angels, 2019. Watercolor on paper, 10 x 10”, 14 x 14 ” framed
Angel Crying: in Garden, 2019. Ink wash on paper, 10 x 8”, 14 x 12” framed sold
Angel Crying: at the Source, 2019. Ink wash on paper, 10 x 8”, 14 x 12” framed Sold
Angel Crying: with Hope, 2019. Ink wash on paper, 10 x 8”, 14 x 12” framed sold
These angels were not anticipated: I did not make a conscious decision to draw angels. The subject simply grew from certain feelings one day. I felt very low. I felt like crying. Somehow, as an act of defiance—a sort of resistance if you will—I picked up a pen and drew a figure crying. Perhaps this was a sort of self-portrait, but a self-portrait that did not really look like me. In fact I did not know whether this was a man or woman or child. But, as I drew, I felt a sense of compassion for this unknown person. After drawing the tears, I began wanting to give this figure (this child or man or woman crying) something to hold on to—something that was not entirely hopeless. So, without really knowing why, I had a desire to draw wings. And so the figure crying became an angel.
Sanda Iliescu, Notes on Work