The Seemel twins

My brother and I are not twins, but, ever since we’ve been old enough to make the three years between us less conspicuous, people have assumed that we are.

Painting portraits from photos

I work from photographs I take myself in order to make my paintings, but, depending on the kind of portrait I intend to make, the photo shoot varies.

 

Partner

In the paintings of my own family for Subjective, it was important to me that the the portraits contain essential details about my relationships with each of my family members.  In this way David’s portrait was especially fun to work on. 

Working on many paintings at the same time

My sweetheart helped me put together two time lapse videos of me working on a handful of paintings.

My family and me

In many ways, Subjective has gone beyond its original intent to explore portraiture’s nature.  My favorite unexpected benefit of the series is how it has allowed me to celebrate the people in my life who have been so formative to me as a person and as an artist.

“There are however little snakes among the beams.”

Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun understood the complex social dynamics surrounding portraits and, more specifically, portraits painted by a woman.

Talking about the show

Becca and I will be doing an artist talk about Subjective at the Corvallis Arts Center this Thursday at noon!

Change

I thought I understood change when I did a series of “before” and “after” portraits in 2006 and 2007, but, recently, I’ve discovered just how little I knew.

Subjectively Corvallis

The show opened in at the Arts Center in Corvallis yesterday!

Richard Brilliant wrote about my work…

...and I didn’t even have to die first.

The expert versus the model

We live in an “expert culture,” surrounded by artist coaches who have to tell us what to do because they can’t show us how to do it. 

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