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John Seed

During and after his college years Seed’s life in art was shaped by interactions with remarkable artists including Nathan Oliveira, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Richard Diebenkorn. While attending Stanford Seed was an intern to the art collectors Hunk and Moo Anderson. After graduate work in art at UC Berkeley he worked for the art dealer Larry Gagosian and then became the first bookstore manager of MOCA (The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles). During his 35+ year teaching career Seed taught Studio Art and Art History at Mt. San Jacinto College, Introduction to Modernism at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and Theory and Criticism in the MFA program at Laguna College of Art and Design.
Now a noted art writer and independent curator, Seed's writings have appeared in The HuffingtonPost, Hyperallergic, International Artist, American Art Collector, Arts of Asia, and other fine publications. His 2019 book Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World features the works of 38 contemporary artists who add subjectivity and disruption to their imagery. His next book, More Disruption: Representation in Flux will be released in mid 2023.
Seed has lived in Cambria since 2018 with his wife Linda and two younger daughters Evan and Condee and is currently the President of Greenspace: The Cambria Land Trust.
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Wine and Roses by John Seed
The Colosseum by John Seed
Hemet Still Life by John Seed
Cove by John Seed
Evan with her Chickens by John Seed
Sunset by John Seed
Crow in a Tree by John Seed
Green Pine by John Seed
Morro Rock by John Seed
Oaks by John Seed
Pines and Sea by John Seed
Purple Pines by John Seed