Artwork / Public Faces / Artist as Contributing Member of Society

painted self-portrait
Gwenn Seemel
Artist as Contributing Member of Society
2005
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 inches

Artists are often written off as feckless and lazy. It’s something I don’t love about my job, but there’s not much I can do about it, except include a self-portrait in a series about public officials and make beautiful art that shifts paradigms, which is something I realized I needed to do as an artist in 2006. I talk more about that realization here.