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.

Sympathetic magic

SYMPATHETIC MAGIC: (n) the phenomenon based on the assumption that a person can be supernaturally affected through an object representing her-him.

I’m not claiming that portraitists are magicians, but, by its very nature, portraiture tends towards the magical where its subjects are concerned.

Gwenn Seemel
Sympathetic Magic (Be A Good Role Model)
2010
acrylic on canvas
17 x 13 inches

Like most self-portraits, this one is a bit more experimental than my portraits of other people.

detail image of Sympathetic Magic (Be A Good Role Model)

When I’m working on my own face, I know it’s neither the first nor the last time I’ll do it, so I don’t worry about making a portrait that says everything I can possibly say about its subject.

detail image of Sympathetic Magic (Be A Good Role Model)

Painting myself also tends to give rise to details like this one where I’ve written on my hand.

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