Artwork / 2023

Progress Pride flag crab by queer artist Gwenn Seemel Progress Pride flag sea turtle by LGBTQ artist Gwenn Seemel beautiful child portrait painted by Lambertville artist Gwenn Seemel relaxing cat portrait by New Jersey artist Gwenn Seemel colorful marker drawing of a sparrow by Lambertville artist Gwenn Seemel Progress Pride flag Eeyore fan art by feminist artist Gwenn Seemel monarch butterfly painted by Lambertville artist Gwenn Seemel rainbow magic portrait of a little boy wearing oversized tinted glasses 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!

Passaic County Arts Center in Hawthorne, New Jersey
photo by David Vanadia

Other than getting older, this year is about getting mentally healthy through my series Everything’s Fine. I began work on the collection in 2021 when I was in crisis, but I finally have a version of it that’s ready for the world. Now through July 16th the show is up at the Passaic County Arts Center!

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.