by David L. Witt | Jan 20, 2021 | Lobo Art Exhibition 2018
Exhibition Catalog Cover (2018) For our annual Seton-themed show at the Academy for the Love of Learning in 2018, I recruited fifty artists to illustrate the Lobo story in the form of a graphic novel matching Seton’s words to contemporary artwork. The participating...
by David L. Witt | Jan 6, 2021 | Seton Artwork
Seton Note on the Christmas Card Originals (shown below) At the age of 21 (in 1881) Seton received a bill for his upbringing from his father – or so he claimed. (If any other of the many children from that family was treated similarly, I haven’t found a record of it.)...
by David L. Witt | Nov 16, 2020 | Seton Artwork
Untitled Paintings by Seton – Click images to enlarge Landscape painting has a surprisingly short history. That is, where nature itself is the subject, not as backdrop for human activities and architecture. H.W. Janson’s massive History of Art doesn’t even list...
by David L. Witt | Nov 13, 2020 | Seton Artwork
Seton’s fame as a wildlife artist came in part from his ecological scene setting landscape backgrounds. His landscape drawings and paintings without animals are also highly accomplished. In this posting we will look at drawings. I have selected a several images...
by David L. Witt | Oct 21, 2020 | Endangered
#78, clear acrylic on clear acrylic panel, 6 x 6” (I envisioned Endangered as an exhibition about our disconnection from nature and the inevitable tragic outcome, a continuation of Seton’s warnings. The invited artists created a variety of responses. Intended for the...
by David L. Witt | Oct 20, 2020 | Endangered, Gallery
Warning Call of the Crows, Watercolor and graphite, 2020 (I envisioned Endangered as an exhibition about our disconnection from nature and the inevitable tragic outcome, a continuation of Seton’s warnings. The invited artists created a variety of responses. Intended...
