Face Making

Artist Gwenn Seemel’s bilingual blog about all the faces she makes while painting faces and other things.

Le blog de l’artiste peintre franco-américaine Gwenn Seemel. Les articles sont en anglais et en français, et souvent ils sont bilingues.


Un livre sur le marketing de l’art écrit par un artiste

Thursday 23 May 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

Le marketing de l'art, le livre


Le marketing de l’art vous permet non seulement de mieux vendre votre art mais aussi de mieux le faire.


Why I can write a book about science even though I’m not a scientist

Wednesday 22 May 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (5)

painting of white-throated sparrows


My credibility as the author of Crime Against Nature, a book about science, has been called into question now and again. 


Working small / Travailler tout petit

Monday 20 May 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

painting of a little girl


A lesson from the small side.  Une leçon sur la petitesse.


Understanding your different audiences as an artist

Friday 17 May 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (3)

Apartment Therapy


Sometimes it’s hard to think of who is interested in the work you make, but the press—both the press you go after and the press you get—can help you figure it out.


10 things learned in 10 years / 10 leçons apprises en 10 ans

Thursday 16 May 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

video still


To celebrate a decade of pro art-making, I made a video full of things I wish I’d known from the beginning.  Pour célébrer une décennie de création artistique professionnelle, j’ai fait une vidéo pleine de choses que j’aurais aimé savoir dès le début.


Art auctions and artists giving back

Monday 13 May 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (9)

guest artist


Though I’ve given a lot to nonprofit fundraisers over my decade as a full-time artist, today I officially announce that it’s not my thing and that I much prefer to help out in my community in other ways.


Is Haley Morris-Cafiero a photographer?

Thursday 9 May 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

Haley Morris-Cafiero Wait Watchers


Or is she a performer?  Or a conceptual artist?  Maybe the question should be “does it matter what we call her seeing as her work is so poignant?”  It’s a fair point, but I do think that her title is worth discussing.


The artist’s story / L’histoire de l’artiste

Monday 6 May 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

Gwenn Seemel


Where you come from has very little to do with whether or not you will manage to be an artist.  D’où vous venez a très peu à voir avec votre capacité pour être artiste.


Civil rights and multipotentialites

Thursday 2 May 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

Kenji Yoshino Covering


This post started out as a glowing review of Kenji Yoshino’s book Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights and turned into a similar sort of endorsement of Emilie Wapnick’s work.


Whose brand is it? / La marque appartient à qui?

Monday 29 April 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

bluehead wrasse painting


When artists make changes to the sort of work they create, it can upset fans, but, when they understand how their brand works, their evolution is received quite differently by their audience. Quand un artiste modifie sa façon de créer, souvent ses fans ne sont pas contents, mais, quand un artiste comprend comment sa marque marche, son changement se déroule autrement.


An art marketing book as an artist would write it

Thursday 25 April 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (9)

Art Marketing book


Art marketing isn’t just about selling more art.  It’s about making better art.


Drawing me / Me dessiner

Monday 22 April 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

drawing of a woman


My partner and I both drew me recently as I recorded our progress.  Mon ami et moi, nous avions tous les deux fait mon portrait, et j’ai filmé notre processus.


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My name is Gwenn Seemel. I live in Portland, Oregon, USA. I’m a full-time artist and I’ve sold my soul to the genre of portraiture. I blog in French as well as in English. More...


Je m’appelle Gwenn Seemel, et j’habite aux États-Unis. Je suis artiste peintre. Je crée des vidéoblogs et des articles en français et en anglais. En savoir plus...


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