Here is what to do. Get a photo from the day you were born, and a photo from each decade thereafter. Add your barmitvah, graduation and wedding photos etc, print them all on a large, framed wall piece and hang on the family room wall.
Happy birthday to you. We have never met but since we have almost the exact same muses and tastes, I am sure we would be good friends in life. I would have suggested the same kind of idea but in a portrait. Best
The UNTOLD GAZE is a large format fine art book - 11x11 inches hardbound, 160 pages, full color - a collection of almost ninety of Stephen's paintings paired with short fiction and poetry inspired by his work. Included among the thirty-three authors are Lidia Yuknavitch, Tom Spanbauer, Monica Drake, Sam Roxas-Chua, and Whitney Otto. Click on the image above if you'd like more information on how to purchase the book.
Stephen O’Donnell is a mid-career fine artist, writer, and singer/performer. His paintings are widely collected, both in this country and abroad. Entirely self-taught, he is best known for his self-portraits, paintings which typically employ gender ambiguity and a lot of droll humor. His work most often exemplifies what is known as a portrait historié, in which a recognizable subject is portrayed in period costume or mythological guise, to dramatic or comic effect. He is also known for his small paintings of animals. His work – both literary and visual – has appeared in the literary magazines/journals Nailed, Menacing Hedge, Buckmxn Journal, and Gertrude. He is married to writer and graphic designer Gigi Little, with whom he sometimes performs. Their book, The Untold Gaze – a collection of Stephen’s paintings paired with short fiction by 33 authors – was published in October of 2018. They live in Portland, Oregon with their dog Nicholas.
What a cutie you were! Congratters :)
ReplyDeleteHere is what to do. Get a photo from the day you were born, and a photo from each decade thereafter. Add your barmitvah, graduation and wedding photos etc, print them all on a large, framed wall piece and hang on the family room wall.
Sounds like a good idea. : )
DeleteHappy birthday to you. We have never met but since we have almost the exact same muses and tastes, I am sure we would be good friends in life.
ReplyDeleteI would have suggested the same kind of idea but in a portrait.
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Thank you, Rebecca. : )
DeleteThank you, Stefan. : )
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