INSECTICIDE AN ART EXHIBITION May 15 thru June 22, 2010

Wasps Paper The Town by Michelle Seipp (click image to enlarge)

ARTIST STATEMENT
I’ve had a life-long fascination with insects and bugs. As a child, I’d rush home after school to see what the ants in our suburban driveway were doing. Lots of compelling things went on in their miniature world! The many different layers of life that are around us at all times continue to intrigue me. It’s exciting to see our  commonality with all creatures — no matter how small.  I love discovering a design detail on an insect or bug that I hadn’t noticed before, such as the notched pattern on wasps or the golden wings on a black, velvety carpenter bee. Anyone interesting who flies or crawls into my apartment usually gets drawn.

BIO

Michele Seipp is a cartoonist and artist whose pen-and-ink comic strips and illustrated humor columns have been regularly published in The Los Angeles Times.  She’s also a comedic writer, filmmaker and performer who’s written, directed, storyboarded, and sold funny short films to the Independent Film Channel, Bravo, WE and DreamWorks/Imagine’s Pop.Com.

Stage work includes writing, directing and performing sketch comedy, improvisation and musicals for The Comedy Central Stage, The Groundlings, The HBO-Warner Brothers WorkSpace, The Comedy Store, and The Ice House.