Maxwell Sebastian is a self-taught visual artist from Philadelphia, PA. Having spent much of the previous decade in a traditional mode of nudes and portraits, in 2010 he began to develop his own visual language to explore themes of income inequality and climate change. In 2012 he illustrated The Boviniad, a work of epic verse produced by Roguelikefiction. Sebastian has been nominated on two occasions by The Forward Arts Foundation for its Emerging Artist Award. Since 2014 he has been a board member and art committee chair at Eyedrum, and he is currently working on a large-scale installation for the Art on the Beltline program. Sebastian currently resides in Atlanta, GA
The House of Flowers
Maxwell Sebastian | 2016
“The House of Flowers” is an attempt to grapple with loss and regret and to focus on being aware in a moment. A moment just before it becomes a memory. Where everything is in its place.