Jaff Seijas Archive of Art Related Material

Ur Vessels & Relics Of Coolsville -  Collaborations with Sam Lewis. Relics of Coolsville- Robert F. Nichols Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1997 Ur Relics, Art Thomas Gallery, Charleston South Carolina 1997   Invitation Sam and the spirit of Vincent All Ur Vessels - hand-built, dangerous glazes and post-apocalyptic suggestions

Iconologia - 2013 - A series of photographs inspired by the pictorial imagery of Cesare Ripa. (click each image for larger view) Betsy Schott as "Doubt". A woman is seen preparing to clip a bird's wing. Indecision is worse than a bad choice! Caught in the grey areas of action restrained - she finds her self frozen beyond even the shadow of a doubt. Lelando Wheeler as the representation of ' The Iconoclast'. The archetypal Hierophant takes an ambivalent turn (or is it cleansing & purifying?) - Dressed in a costume composed of ancient book pages - he prepares to light the match that will purge us of old hand-me-down misconceptions and free our thoughts into a realm of clarity. A self portrait as "Perseverance": A guide-like figure is guarded by the moon (symbolizing the changing vagaries of Fate) -he points to an open book - which heralds the message "Fear Not..." Marlys Cox embodies the concept of "Transformation...

My paintings featured with Sonia Rykiel fashions (1983) Aesthetic Survival paintings & the "Math Pillows"

I met Forrest Moses in 1979. He came walking up my garden path and into the house during a visit to Atlanta. My friend, Michael Slagle, had met him on a skiing trip in New Mexico. He invited me out to Santa Fe and later that year I made that journey. At the time of this writing we have been friends  for nearly 40 years. *Forrest passed away in 2021 Moses when I first met him 1979                 The Artist With Moses in Santa Fe (late 70s) various snapshots of Santa Fe friends at Robert F. Nichols Gallery telegram from Moses concerning one of my exhibitions saved emails a selected letter from shared correspondence Moses' studio / Camino Del Monte Sol, Santa Fe  (2015)

Nan Hoover -Born in New York, May 12, 1931 – died in Berlin, June 9, 2008 - She was one of my favorite teachers and her influence on me was profound. She was an Ex-Pat and lived in Amsterdam and then Berlin. Her art was daring and she was an accomplished painter and later a pioneer of Installation and Video- Art. She will be missed. (click images for larger view)                                  Commemorative Dual Portrait of Nan Hoover / Jaff Seijas 2020 With Nan in Amsterdam 2000   pen and ink drawing from Nan when I first met her Correspondence from Nan Correspondence from Nan                                     ...

Michael with one his lovely offerings King Thackston,Nanci Dubin,Gary Rosinger,Michael Venezia,Jaff Seijas,Cornel and Linda Rubino 1992 With Michael at a book sale Michael in his studio & artist Don Cooper Michael Venezia (1954-2000) A charming man, engaging conversationalist, good friend and divine Artist.

King Thackston... A wonderful person, old friend,gifted artist and unique visionary (1949-2004). King when we met 1973 King dapper in early 80's King with Judy Aycock at the 3rd Dali Dinner invitation to his showing "The wrong side of the tracks" Invitation to his showing "Unmaking of the Statue of Liberty" (Gallery 291) Here we are at M.S.L. Gallery at Tula -75 Bennet Street, Atlanta, Georgia Two colored pencil works of King's in my collection."Spacesuit" and next  a portrait he did of me titled "Portrait of Jaff Seijas seen three ways". Below: An imaginative portrait I did of King. King Thackston, Thinker,Stoic & Greenman - as Vincent Van Gogh, holds a mandala