Artwork / 2023

two figures with daisies for faces, eyes on their chests, and gaping mouthes for bellies, by feminist artist Gwenn Seemel beautiful black woman portrait painted by American artist Gwenn Seemel colorful marker drawing of a sparrow by Lambertville artist Gwenn Seemel HumanLight candles by humanist artist Gwenn Seemel: trans symbol and peace sign on a white candle, recycle earth on a blue candle, heart in a heart on a red candle, atom symbol in a light bulb on a yellow candle beautiful child portrait painted by Lambertville artist Gwenn Seemel marker and colored pencil drawing of friends relaxing cat portrait by New Jersey artist Gwenn Seemel Progress Pride flag crab by queer artist Gwenn Seemel Progress Pride flag sea turtle by LGBTQ artist Gwenn Seemel Progress Pride flag Eeyore fan art by feminist artist Gwenn Seemel rainbow magic portrait of a little boy wearing oversized tinted glasses monarch butterfly painted by Lambertville artist Gwenn Seemel marker and colored pencil on paper drawing of an adult mother and child old man in an electric wheelchair, painting on panel

2023 is the year my art career turns twenty! To celebrate this milestone artiversary, I’m doing a blog series about some of my most mundane mistakes, little things that ultimately make keeping on keeping on as an artist so hard. Because if I had to name one main reason why I’m still making art after all this time, it’s that I refused to let these everyday fails frustrate me. You can start with Mistake #1.

Other than getting older, this year is about getting mentally healthy through my series Everything’s Fine. After running a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the work, I’m in the process of turning the paintings into a coloring book. Thank you to everyone who’s supporting this project!

Aline Magrez film Queerying Nature
Queerying Nature poster and film still

Also, this year I made my big screen début in the excellent documentary Queerying Nature by Aline Magrez and Leonor Palmeira! So much of what I’ve done in my twenty years as a full-time artist makes me proud, but nothing more than my participation in this beautiful film.