Mayer/Reed Gallery Artist Profile: Delphina Seeger

Detail: Great Blue Heron, 2026 Gold Key regional award winner, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Our rotating art gallery recently featured the energetic work of Delphina Seeger, a student at Ida B. Wells High School and daughter of our marketing manager.

Selected from Delphina’s junior year AP art portfolio, four oil paintings featuring a coyote, great blue heron, river otters and mallard ducks each portray a delightful scene from the ecosystems of our region. Her technique explores color and stylization through animal subjects. “I used vibrant underpaintings,” she shares, “and experimented with naturalistic and expressive color palettes.”

Detail of bright pink underpainting technique

Delphina will attend Oregon State University this fall, majoring in zoology with a minor in studio art.

Posted April 15, 2026
Written by: Mayer/Reed
Categories: IN THE STUDIO