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A wedding gift created for friends over a decade ago. They're an international couple and, at the time, they were moving a lot, so I presented the paintings in a wooden box that could easily be opened and set out for display, and that could just as easily be packed up.

Later, I used the pair of paintings to illustrate a post about caring for acrylic paintings: https://gwennseemel.com/blog/2019/0624-take-care-painting/

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I think the problem for me is that they're not recyclable. And they're not refillable via company standards. (There are always hacks 🤓.)
With small tip acrylic markers, you have to buy a whole new set if you run out of several colors.

These sets are being made so fast, in China to meet this fad. I think quality control can suffer (ie, dry markers, leaking markers, transparent colors). That, and customer service might not respond. 😥

Przestrzeń I (Space I), acrylic on cardboard, 30×30cm, 2021.

I'm beginning to publish a new series "Spotkanie" (Meeting) that was created around the same time as some of the paintings from "Digital Practices of Avoiding Painting." This series came to life during an online plein air painting session held in the pandemic era. Here’s the description of the series, written while I was working on the pieces: "A meeting is a step toward something unknown. My everyday life — especially during the pandemic — takes place in a room in a countryside house, a space I don’t share with anyone. It’s a collection of objects only I understand, and a set of solitary rituals I perform in this space.
During this plein air session, I’m staying in Wrocław — and I’m sharing that everyday life and space. I’m encountering not just another person, but, more importantly, their space, their daily rituals, objects, and stories — all within a setting removed from the city noise, suspended somehow above it, slightly beyond the boundaries of my own daily reality.

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