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.


Subjective: this category of my blog includes articles and videos about Subjective, a conceptual series created in collaboration with Becca Bernstein.

Mieux faire son art

Wednesday 10 October 2012 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

portrait d'un homme


Le sujet d’une œuvre d’art et son thème sont souvent la même chose et parfois ils sont complètement indépendants, mais c’est quand ils sont assez différents que l’œuvre devient intéressante.


On making better art

Wednesday 27 June 2012 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

portrait of a white man with a goatee


The subject of a work of art and its topic are often the same thing and sometimes they’re completely unrelated, but it’s when they’re just different enough that the work gets interesting.


The privilege of being on CubFluffer

Wednesday 11 April 2012 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

still from a video


This still from my recent interview with Gabe Flores pretty much sums up our relationship and probably everything we talked about too.


Having opinions about art / Avoir des opinions sur l’art

Tuesday 5 July 2011 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

painted portraits by Becca Bernstein and Gwenn Seemel


Because it’s important to have them.  Parce que c’est important d’en avoir.


On comment books and the psychology of feedback

Monday 2 May 2011 - Comments / Commentaires (2)

comment book


Comment books might just be my favorite part of showing art, even if I don’t always understand what viewers are trying to tell me.


Choosing the right expression / Choisir la bonne expression

Monday 14 March 2011 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

portrait of the artist's brother


It’s important to pick a good expression when painting a portrait, but sometimes I do the opposite on purpose.  Il est important de choisir la bonne expression pour peindre un portrait, mais parfois je fais tout le contraire.


About the chip on my shoulder

Monday 17 May 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (3)

painted portrait by Gwenn Seemel


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.


Paintings within paintings

Wednesday 5 May 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

Becca Bernstein's portrait of Gwenn Seemel


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.


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.


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.


The Seemel twins

Monday 29 March 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (0)

detail image of a painted portrait of my brother


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

Friday 26 March 2010 - Comments / Commentaires (4)

Brittany cradled in a woman's arms


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.

 


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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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