Face Making

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

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


Another kind of bell-ringing

Sunday 25 April 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

ringing the bell


It hasn’t been all fun and games visiting France this time, but, with a little help from the chapel of St. Barbe near Le Faouët, my mother and I had an afternoon that came close to what Brittany used to represent for me.


Subjectively Bend

Friday 23 April 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (1)

portraits by Gwenn Seemel and Becca Bernstein


Subjective is up in central Oregon for another week.


Getting used to the idea

Tuesday 20 April 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (3)

rose


My grandmother passed away at the beginning of the month, and I have spent the last few weeks in the small village in France that she called home, helping my mother to tie up loose ends and trying to get used to the idea of my Mamy not being here anymore.


“Encore un mort.”

Friday 16 April 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

white rose


“Another death.”  That’s what my grandmother would say every time she heard the church bells ring for a funeral.


Post-show depression and touring

Friday 2 April 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (1)

snow on burnt out trees


Touring a show is a lot of work, but the rewards make the effort worthwhile.


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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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