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Comment by: Jesse Loya
Hey Paul! Jesse from the Baccus Gallery. Was thinking of you while coming down stairs where some of your "Burning Man" (in Edinburg?) pictures hang. We're here in Mississippi and the photos survived the move and hurricane Katrina. Best to you always. Drop us a line sometime.
Comment by: David Hodes
Paul, We haven't spoken in awhile. I like the new work and also wanted you to know that your Egg is hanging in my office where I see it every day. It keeps me calm. Hope you are well. Are you showing in NYC these days?
Comment by: Brandon Neher
Website:
abstractartist.etsy.com
I love the big prints of the old postage, as well as your intelligent work with creating oyur own colors and textures.
Comment by: Michelle
Really beautiful work Paul. I came across your work by chance. Are you exhibiting anywhere in NYC? Would love to see it.
Best,
Michelle
Comment by: Eloisa Szekir
Hi Paul,it's Eloisa from Lemonia here. Just visited your site and saw your work. Congratulations, it's very beautiful and your story is very inspiring!
Comment by: Michel Anderson
Website:
www.wormwoodministry.com
Hi there,
I know Ezy Lee and my girlfriend and I stayed out on Heartland Mesa a couple summers ago. We built a prayer circle out there, and are planning on going there this summer. I just thought it was cool to see your page pop up in google.
Best,
Michel
Comment by: Edward Lentsch
Website:
edwardlentsch.com
Thanks for sending me the email about United Creators.
Your work is outstanding.
I'm not sure how you found me but I'm glad you did! Best of luck in what I'm sure will be an excellent future.
Edward Lentsch
Comment by: Marcello Bardi
Website:
www.ferrarigroup.net
Paul, congratulation on your works. I applaud you for the amazing quality and your skills in handling the copper materials. Cheers. M
Comment by: Bob Cryer
Website:
www.howtobefunny.co.uk
As someone who knew Paul and his connection to art before his accident, I found looking at his work on this site truly moving. At school, he already had a great understanding of the responsibility of the artist in our society. His sensitivity to that idea of duty was obvious. Seeing that intelligence now blossom into the career artist on display here is inspiring. I'm very happy for him and hope that visitors to this site feel similarly touched by the great passion involved in creating these excellent pieces.
Comment by: Saman Ahsani
Website:
www.unaoil.com
Hi Paul,
Lovely to hear from you after so many years....and so happy to see you are doing what looks like your passion. Also v interested to read about your fall in the ravine and how it affected you. Last but not least, I genuinely liked much of your work. When i next come to NYC i will be sure to look you up and catch up properly. Take care in the meantime and congratulations once again. Best wishes,
Sammy.
Comment by: Craig
The Flags are fantastic!
Comment by: mimi P
Beautiful work. Really. But, now that I see the evil Marcus Nispel is a fan.. I don't know.
Comment by: Jeff
Website:
n/a
Love your work as always. I collected stamps as a child and they always transported me to different times and places -- your use of them really resonates for me.
Comment by: Denny Cunningham
Website:
vividviewz.com
Hey Paul! Looks great, love the new work. I'm saving up to buy the 40x60 inch New Mexico stamp print that has Shiprock on it. I could see that rock formation from where I grew up. I'll keep you posted so hold on to one for me.
DC
Comment by: Anne Yudowitz
HI!!!! Wow, so much since I have last seen you! Love your work! Here in London so thought I could catch up with you. In NYC then! Take Care,Anne Yudowitz
Comment by: joel tarantino
Your pieces are amazing and the site looks great i cant begin to tell you how many compliments i have been getting on your painting......thanks again paul -joel
Comment by: andee becker
Hi Paul, love your commentary;it should be published...emperor's new clothes and all that. Your new work is gorgeous. Glad to hear all is well.
Andee Becker, Toronto
Comment by: Kate Kelton
Your work is sublime, sir, utterly sublime:} Thank you for it,
xok8
Comment by: Tracy Causey-Jeffery
HI Paul,
Thanks for visiting our opening last night. Had the time to look at your site today and liked what I saw. Perhaps we could talk about a studio visit sometime.
Tracy
Comment by: Marcus Nispel
This might read like one of those despicable "Helen Keller jokes", but I'm obsessed with texture!
Now that it's out, I think my obsession started withmy antiseptic German upbringing in the seventies. When I came to America, I would discover an incredible charm in the decay of a New York City subway station, a banged up mailbox, or a rusty manhole cover. I would photograph and collect these objects and ultimately be influenced by them in my film making. I always believed them to be an art form, but I had no name for it. It wasn't until a few years ago, that I found that name in a Japanese phrase, "wabi sabi", the idea that anything perfect is dead, that decay has its own beauty and some divine transition.
It's endless... The Japanese treasure patina. A moss covered stone for example, a rusty door hinge, even a corroded apple or welting flower can be a thing of greatbeauty to them.
In our time, what we do and who we are is so temporary. I take great pleasure to look at objects that look like it was here for a long time and will exist in the future in its many evolutions. Like some chrysalis, merrily awaiting its fulfillment.
Paul Seftel harnesses this in his work on a rather large scale, almost magnifying visuals that we pass every day without really considering them properly. He brings them into a whole new context. In this process, the medium becomes the message, in many layers and in a myriad of techniques.
Paul's work is a journey where he constantly discovers, as he goes along,never rigid, always moving. I find that terribly exciting.
Marcus Nispel
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