Boldly painted. Joyfully feminist.

painter Gwenn Seemel self-portrait
self-portrait by Gwenn Seemel

Hi! I’m Gwenn Seemel.


I make brightly colored paintings that are both playful and intense, and I release all my work directly into the public domain, free for use by anybody for any reason. Because of that unusual choice, I was invited to give a TEDx talk in Switzerland. My art has appeared in Newsweek as well as on the cover of an Oxford University Press book. I live in Lambertville, New Jersey.

mental health coloring book and feminist science picture book
Everything’s Fine and Crime Against Nature
Nurture your curiosity with my two new books: a mental health coloring book and a science picture book!

Everything’s Fine started out as a series of paintings, and it’s now a free high school art lesson plan as well as a coloring book that’s designed to help you embrace your complexity with creativity and kindness.

Crime Against Nature is a richly illustrated biology book that’s full of facts about all the ways we’ve misunderstood what actually goes on in the natural world when it comes to gender and sex. You can buy this book in paperback or hardcover, and you can also download a PDF for free.


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