Nina, orange, M 20.5"p2p, 25.5" s2h, 29.5" c2c (Second)
What an amazing artist Nina Simone is. Writer, composer, singer, pianist, perfectionist and a powerful and influential campaigner for social and racial justice. She was a force of nature who did her own thing and lived her own life with all its struggles. Super confident in her own abilities as an artist. She has such a distinctive style, nobody sounds like Nina Simone. I’m not sure compromise was in her vocabulary. She held very strong values and beliefs which she paid a high price for keeping. Her live performances are mesmeric. Amazing raw power and presence on stage. There is a filmed live performance at Montreaux in 1976 and it is astonishing how threatening and intimidating on stage. I love one off’s and artists who do it their way. Not sure you get artists like Nina anymore. I love this image of her, which I think was taken in London in 1968. She looks absolutely incredible. So powerful, so strong like a Nubian Queen. Sadly no idea who the photographer was.
Handprinted on a preloved vintage orange sweatshirt, with black eco ink. This top has enjoyed a fun previous life so shows a small but slight visible mark on the top right of the main image (see pic) so it’s a bit cheaper.
Measures: 20.5” pit to pit, 25.5” shoulder to hem and 29.5” collar to cuff.
What an amazing artist Nina Simone is. Writer, composer, singer, pianist, perfectionist and a powerful and influential campaigner for social and racial justice. She was a force of nature who did her own thing and lived her own life with all its struggles. Super confident in her own abilities as an artist. She has such a distinctive style, nobody sounds like Nina Simone. I’m not sure compromise was in her vocabulary. She held very strong values and beliefs which she paid a high price for keeping. Her live performances are mesmeric. Amazing raw power and presence on stage. There is a filmed live performance at Montreaux in 1976 and it is astonishing how threatening and intimidating on stage. I love one off’s and artists who do it their way. Not sure you get artists like Nina anymore. I love this image of her, which I think was taken in London in 1968. She looks absolutely incredible. So powerful, so strong like a Nubian Queen. Sadly no idea who the photographer was.
Handprinted on a preloved vintage orange sweatshirt, with black eco ink. This top has enjoyed a fun previous life so shows a small but slight visible mark on the top right of the main image (see pic) so it’s a bit cheaper.
Measures: 20.5” pit to pit, 25.5” shoulder to hem and 29.5” collar to cuff.
What an amazing artist Nina Simone is. Writer, composer, singer, pianist, perfectionist and a powerful and influential campaigner for social and racial justice. She was a force of nature who did her own thing and lived her own life with all its struggles. Super confident in her own abilities as an artist. She has such a distinctive style, nobody sounds like Nina Simone. I’m not sure compromise was in her vocabulary. She held very strong values and beliefs which she paid a high price for keeping. Her live performances are mesmeric. Amazing raw power and presence on stage. There is a filmed live performance at Montreaux in 1976 and it is astonishing how threatening and intimidating on stage. I love one off’s and artists who do it their way. Not sure you get artists like Nina anymore. I love this image of her, which I think was taken in London in 1968. She looks absolutely incredible. So powerful, so strong like a Nubian Queen. Sadly no idea who the photographer was.
Handprinted on a preloved vintage orange sweatshirt, with black eco ink. This top has enjoyed a fun previous life so shows a small but slight visible mark on the top right of the main image (see pic) so it’s a bit cheaper.
Measures: 20.5” pit to pit, 25.5” shoulder to hem and 29.5” collar to cuff.