Cody Seekins, “The Budgie-Shaman”, 2013, Oil on Canvas, 55.9 x 66 cm
“A dancing shaman with a head of a parrot skull jumps wildly against an emerging night sky. The figure’s cavorting happens in the company of various parrot and budgie totems who lend mystical power to the unfolding freestyle sorcery. On the wrist of the shaman is a prayer bracelet; a symbol of the Budgie-Sattva. The whole episode plays out beneath the radiance of a full moon.” – Cody Seekins
As a late teenager and young adult Cody Seekins became hooked into art making as a platform for psychological exploration. Shortly thereafter he attended Wichita State University in Kansas where he earned his B.A. in Studio Art. During his tenure Cody was awarded a Freeman Asia Grant which he used to live in Bangkok, Thailand for 6 months; traveling throughout the region and studying Buddhist Institutions at Thammasat University.
Between earning his bachelor’s degree and submitting to attend the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California, Cody lived in Frederick, Maryland, where he was accepted into faculty at both the Delaplaine Center for Visual Arts Education and Frederick Community College.
In May 2013 Cody earned his MFA in Figurative Painting from AAU. Since then, Cody has been traveling the world and painting. Within the next couple years, Cody intends to develop a new complete body of paintings while living in Thailand.