Graduation

Last week, I attended my college advisor’s retirement celebration, and, in a funny way, I feel like I graduated again.

Paintings within paintings

When we took down Subjective last weekend, Becca had the brilliant idea of trading paintings for a while.  As soon as she suggested it, I knew I wanted to take this one home: I love the painting within the painting.

Another kind of bell-ringing

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

Subjective is up in central Oregon for another week.

Getting used to the idea

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.”

“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

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

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.

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