Artwork / Archives / 2005 / Mary and Bob

painted portrait of an elderly couple
Gwenn Seemel
Mary and Bob
2005
acrylic on canvas
21 x 46 inches (combined dimensions)

These are my Alaskan relatives, my father’s brother and his wife. Whenever I visited them, they would take me on all sorts of big Alaskan adventures, because it’s true that everything is bigger there—even the mosquitoes. Other important Alaskans I know are Jack, Rory, and Sharon and Chris.

painted portrait of an elderly white woman
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painted portrait of an elderly white man
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