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Artist Statement:
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Artist Exhibitions:
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Artist Galleries:
Leaping Lotus, Solana Beach,
California
Seewald's Art Gallery,
Encinitas, California...
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Artist Reviews:
'Photographers Forum'
Magazine.
Nov. '93 issue.
Michael Seewald-
Finding His Niche in the Fine
Arts World
By Manuel J. Rodriguez
Special to Photographer's
Forum
Note: Updated facts (thru
12.'07) and comments
by Seewald are indicated by
the [info in brackets].
It was raining with the sky a
slate...
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Michael Seewald Biography:
| Biographical information for Michael Seewald can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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56
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
Christian |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Oil, Watercolor and Acrylic Painting. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Photography Color
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Impressionism - (1865 - 1885)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Dali, Duane Michals
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Michelangelo's David
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
I'm a strange mix of Ansel Adams (everything clear and sharp close to far) and Duane Michals (ghosts/film clip style series with sharpness secondary). |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I painted as a child, and grew to love photography as I studied the masters in all fields. Something magical happened in the darkroom and I've been including it in my passion for the arts, and it became more prominenet in my art at about the age of 18. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Visit site to see more work...www.seewald.com...
'Seewald's images communicate
in a quiet, lyrical way. Speaking to the photographer, one feels
that this is an individual so in love with his art, so in love with
the world, that he'll work for as long as he's able to see,
as long as his legs and arms will carry him.'
Photographers Forum Magazine
With over 50 world-wide trips to create portfolios since 1986.
1. Iceland, 1986
2. China, 1987
3. Europe, 1987
(Iceland, Luxemburg, England, Scotland)
4. Kauai, Hawaii, 1988
5. Spain, 1988
6. Maui, 1989
7. W. Coast, USA, 1989
8. Italy, 1989
9. India, 1989
10. 'Big Island' Hawaii, 1990
11. Greece, 1990
12. France, 1990
13. Bali, 1991
14. Pacific Northwest, 1991
(British Columbia, Yukon, Alaska)
15. Portugal 1991
16. Molokai, Hawaii, 1992
17. Eastern Europe, 1992
(Poland, Hungary, Czech., Russia, Lithuania, Estonia)
18. Oahu, Hawaii, 1993
19. Israel, 1993
20. New England, USA, 1993
21. Costa Rica, 1994
22. 'Old West', USA, 1994
(Idaho, Colorado, Montana, Utah Wyoming, S. Dakota)
23. Southern Europe, 1994
(S. France, N. Spain, N. Italy)
24. Kauai II, Hawaii, 1995
25. Australia/New Zealand, 1995
26. Ireland, 1995
27. Maui II, Hawaii, 1996
28. Greece/Turkey 1996
29. 'Big Island II', Hawaii, 1997
30. Germany, 1997
31. Italy II, 1997
32. Southwest USA 1998
(Yosemite Nat'l Park, Sequoia Nat'l Park, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah)
33. Peru 1998
34. Morocco, 1999
35. Greece II, 1999
36. Tuscany 1999
37. Kauai/Lanai 2000
38. Japan 2000
39. Provence, France 2000
40. Tuscany II, 2001
41. Monterey County, California 2001
42. Venice, Italy 2002
43. Kenya, Africa 2002
44. Thailand 2003
45. Napa-Sonoma, California 2003
46. Eastern Europe II 2003
47. Sichuan Provence, China 2004
48. Tibet, China 2004
49. Umbria, Italy 2004
50. S. Africa 2005
51. Sicily, Italy 2006
52. N. Italy (Lake District) 2007
53. Yunnan Province, China 2008
54. Laos, 2008
55. Argentina (winter of '08)
Some interesting places, people and things Michael has seen include:
Nepal's 'Mt. Everest' at sunrise from Nargagot-the 'village at the end of the world';
Killer whales (and puffins) at the Westmann Islands, Iceland;
'Dune de Pila', France, the largest sand dunes in Europe;
Six Japanese businessmen, in suit and tie, being serenaded in one gondola in the canals of Venice, Italy;
Over ten different 'tribes' of ant lines all in a two foot square area on his porch in Bali;
Llamas scurrying at sunrise all over Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru;
A dozen surfboards that had been snapped in half filling the beach trash cans at 'Pipeline', Oahu;
A Bengal tiger from a few yards away in the wilds of northern India and sunrise over the Taj Mahal in Agra;
Five hundred and something anniversary party of Munich, Germany, with almost as many um-pah bands and beer gardens;
The 'Great Wall of China', the Tierra Cotta warriors in Xian and the Imperial Palace in the Forbidden City;
An un-obscured Mt. McKinley (Denali), in Denali National Park, Alaska;
His wife Valerie kissing the 'Blarney Stone' in Ireland;
Kangaroos in his new friends giant backyard in Australia;
Michelangelo's 'Sistine Chapel' and 'St. Peter's Cathedral' in Rome;
Sunrise at the 'Eiffel Tower' in Paris;
'1,000 clock shop' in the Black Forest of Germany;
Peak 'fall colors' at Bar Harbor, Maine;
Snow falling at night in St. Petersburg, Russia;
The 'Wailing (Western) Wall' at dusk in Israel;
Europe's largest waterfall, 'Godafoss' -in central Iceland -with full double rainbows;
A moonlit Parthenon in Athens, Greece;
'Herds of turkeys' and 'snake charmers' in Morocco;
'Million gallon' wine casks at Sandman wineries in Porto, Portugal;
Flowing lava from the largest volcano in the world, 'Mauna Loa', through cracks under his feet on the 'Big Island' of Hawaii;
Buddhist monks offering 'sex shows' for cash in Katmandu, Nepal;
Artist's from around the world sharing portfolios with him in the streets at midnight at the Edinburgh Art Festival, Scotland;
Michelangelo's 'David' in Florence, Italy;
The 'Grand Canyon', 'Monument Valley' and the 'Mesa Verde' Indian ruins;
'Beware of penguins crossing road' signs in New Zealand;
'Kalaupapa's leper colony' and the largest sea-cliffs in the world on Molokai, Hawaii;
Monkeys stealing unwatched lunches from sunbathers in Costa Rica as giant iguanas looked on;
'Zillion' dollar yachts at Monte Carlo;
Full moon over the 'Blue Mosque' while drinking mint tea and listening to the call to prayer in downtown Istanbul, Turkey;
Solar panels on huts in a jungle village of the Amazon/ kids wearing live monkeys for hats;
'Twin cathedrals' in Salamanca, Spain;
'Aurora borealis' dancing in the skies of the Yukon at midnight;
The 'golden pagoda' temple in Kyoto, Japan;
A pod of beluga whales basking slowly in the sun at Turnagain Arm bay near Anchorage, Alaska;
The twin towers in New York City;
'Harry's Bar' off San Marcos square in Venice, Italy;
Three thousand year old mummies inside the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia;
'Big Ben' and Ten Downing Street in London, England;
Cindy Crawford at a dinner table next to ours at 'Henry Clay's Rotisserie' restaurant on Lanai, Hawaii;
A lion chase a cheetah off from a fresh kill while hyenas waited in Kenya, Africa.
Hundreds of people, mostly elderly ladies, selling there wares at the 'floating market' in Thailand, south of Bangkok.
Underground city, 18 stories deep, near Cappadocia in central Turkey;
And last but not least, the cave (that's where they kept animals penned, and still do) where Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem and the (possible) actual empty tomb in Jerusalem, where he lay for three days before rising again from the dead! |
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