Background
Mimi had a career in Theatre and Music for many years.
Her original plays-with-music
gleaned over a dozen press awards
and ranged from aesthetic experiments
to social commentaries, mainly on women's issues.
As a visual artist, her values are the same:
She is someone interested in pure aesthetics
and in the social issues of our times,
top among them:
climate imbalance
and the particular challenges women face.
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
The ARTIST'S DESCRIPTION:
I build designs from my paintings and photos of natural forms, sometimes color-enhancing and collaging the images digitally.
My love is to combine the "feminine" and wild improvisations of Mother Nature
with more 'masculine' and orderly geometrical shapes to create a unique hybrid.