Background
Mimi had a career in Theatre and Music for nearly 4 decades.
Her original plays-with-music gleaned over a dozen press awards and ranged from aesthetic experiments to social commentaries on women's issues.
She still addresses social issues in her more "serious" art,
while concentrating on the pure joy of aesthetics in the
SURFACE DESIGNS -- such as those on this site.
Image:
The Fern (Deep Red)
Mediums
Drawing
Doodling
Painting
Photographic Portraits
Abstract Photography
Multi Media Collaging
Digital Collaging
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Image:
PLANT WORLD #6
Inspiration
Mimi Seton is of European and Indian origins. Her love of Indian culture accounts for her attraction to deep colours.
Her softer palettes were inspired by her French grandmother, a master embroiderer who was never far from her
vast collection of coloued threads.
As a former composer, Mimi has a mathematical mind,
with a natural love of Geometry and repetitive patterns.
Triangles, and ovals recur in her work most often --
arguably the most feminine of all shapes,
harkening to the vagina and womb.
Her reverence for the Feminine aspect of the life force,
including the female body, from which we all emerge,
is a feature often seen in her Art and designs.
Image:
Sea Flowers
Mimi often builds her designs from paintings and
close-up photos she makes of leaves, bark, bracken, grass,
and other natural forms,
often enhancing them digitally.
She unites
the random 'feminine' improvisations of Mother Nature
with stabilizing 'masculin' geometrical shapes
beloved by Humankind.