Titled
Why it’s important to title art and a reception this weekend at the mall.
Spread Ego at Place
Imagine an artist creating a piece which involves 30 or so of his colleagues making portraits of him. Now imagine taking a breath before saying something about the size of the artist’s ego.
L’originalité n’est pas un mythe.
L’originalité n’est pas un mythe si vous savez ce que vous cherchez, et le projet du photographe Mark Andrews, de-classified, en est la preuve.
Portraits of Riverside Brookfield High School
These are some of the paintings that came out of workshopping via Skype with art students at a high school in Illinois!
A woman’s freedom
Yesterday I attended a screening of A Woman Like That, a movie about the life and work of the 17th century painter Artemisia Gentileschi interwoven with that of the filmmaker Ellen Weissbrod.
Culture imitates. / La culture imite.
Culture is created by imperfect imitations over time. La culture est créée par des imitations pas tout à fait parfaites au fil des ans.
Prickly / Piquant
An encounter with John Singer Sargent’s work last month got me all worked up. Une rencontre avec l’œuvre de John Singer Sargent le mois dernier m’a contrariée.
CHEE-ka-go and Wisconsin
Last week I visited the Windy City and the state whose motto is “forward!” with my father. We got to spend time with lots of great art and lots of great family.
Art and money
A conversation with Gabe Flores about art and money.
How to get publicity as an artist
Over the years, I’ve discovered that arts writers are people too and that it’s best to treat them that way.
On staring
Sean Scott’s photograph of me working captures an essential part of my process: staring.
About the chip on my shoulder
Soon after I started blogging, a friend told me that the tone of some of my articles revealed that I had a bit of a chip on my shoulder. I remain grateful for that precious piece of feedback. Though I didn’t want to come across like that, I could certainly see what she was saying.
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...
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