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John SeubertBird Song, Bird Imagery Set Upon A Backdrop of Gold, Original Oil, Framed2025
2025
$1,500
£1,143.33
€1,318.71
CA$2,130.45
A$2,289.39
CHF 1,228.39
MX$26,967.63
NOK 15,445.66
SEK 14,109.51
DKK 9,855.50
About the Item
Bird Song unfolds like a quiet myth written in gold. The surface glows with a warm, burnished luminosity, evoking illuminated manuscripts or ancient icons, yet the scene resists reverence in favor of wonder. Suspended in the upper field, a bird glides with improbable grace, its form simplified and symbolic, as if cut from memory rather than observed from life. It does not cast a shadow; it exists as a note held in the air. Below, the ground becomes a gathering place of small, enigmatic presences. Fragmented figures—part animal, part artifact—rise and cluster along the bottom edge, as though listening. A duck-like form stands slightly apart, watchful, its mottled colors anchoring the composition to the earthly realm. These beings feel improvised and intimate, painted with a hand that trusts intuition over precision, allowing shapes to emerge, hesitate, and transform. The gold field functions as both sky and silence. It amplifies every gesture while dissolving any sense of scale or gravity, turning space into resonance. Here, sound is implied rather than heard: the song is not in the bird’s beak but in the attentive stillness of the scene itself.
Framed with restraint, Bird Song reads as a visual lullaby—humble, ancient, and playful. It invites the viewer to listen with their eyes, to find meaning not in narrative but in tone, texture, and the soft magic of presence.
John Seubert
Bird Song
oil on canvas
20h x 16w in
50.80h x 40.64w cm
JSE103
John Seubert’s work draws from Symbolism, Surrealism, Expressionism, and the raw immediacy of Art Brut, yet it forms a world entirely his own. His paintings, assemblages, and hybrid constructions transform reclaimed frames, wood, hardware, and found materials into intimate objects that feel at once handcrafted and psychologically charged. Windows, altars, carved texts, and small totemic figures recur throughout his practice, turning everyday materials into sites of ritual and reflection.
The works reveal Seubert’s belief in the emotional life of objects. Eyes peer from behind window grids, dogs stand like secular icons, flowers bloom in thick impasto, and carved heads perch on makeshift pedestals. Each piece suggests a narrative just out of reach—private, tender, and occasionally humorous—inviting viewers into a quiet world built from memory, devotion, and the poetry of salvage.
- Creator:John Seubert (American)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:Seller: JSE1031stDibs: LU554317391132
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