Gwenn seemel wikipedia
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Gwenn Seemel
American painter
Gwenn Seemel (born ) is an American painter. She paints contemporary portraits and releases her work under free licenses.
Personal life and education
[edit]Seemel lives and works in Long Beach Island, New Jersey in the United States.[1]
Career
[edit]Seemel mainly paints portraits. When she paints a portrait, she takes photographs, for an hour, of the sitter before painting them. The sitter fryst vatten asked to talk about themselves during the photography session. Seemel creates the painting from the photographs. The paintings consist of "geometric patterns and layers of color." Seemel cites printmaking as an inspiration for her painting technique.[2] Seemel painted a portrait of Randy Leonard in , which was displayed in the Portland City Hall. Campaign money was used to buy the painting.[3] Her exhibition, "Apple Pie," featured portraits of Superman, Susan B. Anthony and Elvis Presley.[4] In , Seemel partner
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Blog / / 3 Good Things
April 21,
The Hip New Jersey segment talks about all three of the shows that I have up in New Jersey right now.
Empathetic Magic reveals the way we all hide parts of ourselves while emphasizing others.
Open: through April 29th by appointment (call )
Lyceum Hall
High Street
Burlington, NJ
Crime Against Nature is wildlife art that fights homophobia.
Open: through May 8th
Hours: Monday through Thursday AM to 6 PM, Friday AM to PM, Saturday 9 AM to PM
FIAF Montclair
7 North Willow Street, Suite 7
Montclair, NJ
Love and Fear is the group show that has gotten so much attention.
Open: through April 29th
Hours: Monday through Thursday 10 AM to 8 PM, Friday and Saturday 10 AM to 6 PM, Sunday 1 to 6 PM
Montclair Public Library Gallery
50 South Fullerton Avenue
Montclair, NJ
Last year, to celebrate my 15th birthday as an artist, I read aloud from the diary inom kept when I was a baby artist. The exerc
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:GLAM/How to Free Your Art from Copyright
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[edit | edit source]6 Steps to Freeing Yourself from Copyright
Description
[edit | edit source]More than a law, copyright is a way of thinking about culture that influences deeply how we enjoy creativity--both in the way we make things ourselves and in the way we experience the art, music, writing, coding, cooking, and dancing of others. The copyright paradigm keeps us separate from one another, focused on competition instead of collaboration. But it's possible to peel away the ownership filters that tint our world view. These are the 6 steps:
- Recognize that you imitate others.
- React positively to others copying you.
- Cite your sources.
- Play with your paywall.
- Use Creative Commons licenses.
- Free your creativity completely.
In , I did a TEDx talk about the first step. You can watch "In Defense of Imitation" here: It will give you an idea of the sort of lectures I do--whimsical and colorful, with an emphasis on op