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.


Crime: this category of my blog includes articles and videos about Crime Against Nature, the book and the series which reveal all the many ways girls and boys can be naturally.

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.


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.


Books for sale / Des livres à vendre

Sunday 21 April 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

books livres


I created a new section of my site in preparation for a surprise!  J’ai créé une nouvelle section de mon site en préparation pour une surprise!


Getting press as an artist

Thursday 11 April 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

Hyperallergic


A few days ago my work appeared on Hyperallergic, but it didn’t get there through any magical means. 


Nature’s case for marriage equality

Saturday 30 March 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

peach-faced lovebird


In arguments in front of the Supreme Court this past week, the legality of same-sex marriage was discussed in terms of the “basic biological fact” of heterosexual reproduction.  Happily, scientist and author David George Haskell didn’t let that misdirection go unchallenged.


New York and new context

Wednesday 13 March 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

Kristan


I just got back from two days in the Big Apple where I had big fun with my big brother.


Words and images

Tuesday 5 March 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

bald eagle


As a visual artist, I sort of hate words while secretly adoring them too.


Les mots et les images

Tuesday 5 March 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

poisson-clown


En tant que plasticienne, je déteste les mots et, en même temps, je les adore aussi.


Celebrate love

Monday 11 February 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

swan


Valentine’s Day wouldn’t be a bummer for anyone if we weren’t so fixated on just one kind of love.


Célébrez l’amour

Monday 11 February 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

chauve-souris


La Saint-Valentin ne serait plus une déception pour qui que ce soit si nous n’étions pas obsédés par une seule sorte d’amour.


Mistakes versus layers of paint / Les erreurs par rapport aux couches de peinture

Saturday 9 February 2013 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

crow


Why call a brushstroke “wrong” when it’s just part of the journey?  Pourquoi dire qu’un coup de pinceau n’est pas correcte quand il fait partie du chemin d’une œuvre?


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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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