Chapter Four is “The Twentieth Century” For elephants in America, the 20th Century began by infantilizing them in circus acts: playing brass bands, boxing one another with boxing gloves on their trunks, dressing them up in inane costumes for silly little scenes. We truly had no understanding of their true nature. Tusko, one of the […]
“Elephants, a Partial History,” is a six-part series I researched, wrote, and filmed in the studio of our public access TV station. Then, with Miles and Jay, two interns from UMass we worked more than a year to create six chapter videos for my Patreon page. I have linked three here in this post. Chapter […]
This 11 minute video takes you visually through the creation of this oil portrait of Thai, the patriarch of the Houston Zoo’s Asian elephants.
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Here’s my May Art Lover post for Patreon. Join me there. Patreon.com/DawnSiebel Patreon is a wonderful 21st Century model designed to facilitate artists (like me!) to develop communities with friends and patrons (like you!). Patreon partners help support me WHILE I create the work I create. In exchange I welcome you to my process and […]
Once a month I make an Art Lover video that takes one painting from meeting the animal through the finished product. This is the first that has incorporated a little time lapse video. My intent is to introduce my animal subject and show the bones of my process. And have it be fun, engaging & […]
Join me for a tour of my new solo exhibit at A.P.E. Gallery in Northampton MA. Through New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2018.
https://www.gazettenet.com/Endangered-Artist-Dawn-Siebel-paints-portraits-of-threatened-animals-21812918
