https://latvia.sesow.com/2026-09-26 https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-01_01-19-11_211.jpgLincoln, with cherry blossomsDana takes Lincoln's chair at Dulles Airport's America 250 display, cherry blossoms and all. A very Washington send-off. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-02_10-16-48_101.jpgMEDNIEKU — the huntersA packet of Jaunpils smoked cheese, 'Kūpinātais siers MEDNIEKU' — hunters' cheese — bought on the second morning. The hunter and his dog on the label became Matt's painting THE HUNTERS, made in Riga. As Matt told the audience at Veldze: 'we go around the grocery store and take pictures of labels.' https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-02_12-56-38_002.jpgLatvian Television arrivesWednesday 2 September, 12:56 — the LTV Culture News crew arrives at the apartment to film Matt and Dana painting. The festival had pitched them as artists who travel and paint. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-02_13-27-12_049.jpgDana paints for the cameraDana at work while LTV's camera rolls — the brushes and jars laid out on the kitchen table that became her Riga studio for ten days. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-02_13-36-32_352.jpgFirst Riga painting, shown offHolding up a painting made in the apartment for the television crew. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_10-15-33_714.jpgOld Town, togetherMatt and Dana in Old Town on Thursday morning, 3 September, on their way to the Bremen Town Musicians. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_10-28-45_565.jpgMeeting the musiciansDana looks up at the Bremen Town Musicians statue — the source for Matt's six Bremen paintings and Dana's own 'Bremen Town Musicians' made in Riga. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_10-29-06_662.jpgThrough the Iron CurtainThe Bremen Town Musicians — donkey, dog, cat and rooster from the Grimm fairy tale — peering through a gap. Bremen gave the sculpture to its fellow Hanseatic city in 1990; the animals are looking through a crack in the Iron Curtain. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_10-29-55_248.jpgSelfie with the musiciansMatt and Dana with the statue. Rubbing the animals' noses is supposed to bring luck — they are worn to a shine. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_10-32-01_023.jpgSt. Peter's spireSt. Peter's Church. The spire burned in 1941 and was rebuilt in steel in the late 1960s and 1970s; the golden rooster on top has watched over the city since the Middle Ages. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_10-44-56_775.jpgThe Freedom MonumentThe Freedom Monument, unveiled in 1935 and paid for by public donations. It survived fifty years of Soviet occupation — and in the late 1980s became the place where Latvians gathered to demand independence back. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_11-30-19_279.jpgInstall day — the cellarsThursday 3 September, 11:30: first walk through the Veldze cellars where the show will hang. White-tiled rooms from the factory's working life, a hole in the ceiling to the world above. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_11-30-23_598.jpgDana in the tiled roomDana in one of the white-tiled cellar rooms under Veldze. The brewery on this site dates to 1796; the 1872 plans already show an ice cellar and deep vaulted cellars. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_11-34-35_192.jpgThe pillar hallA vaulted hall on cast-iron columns — where the paintings would hang the next evening. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_11-35-39_875.jpgThe tunnelA long barrel-vaulted cellar under the old factory yard. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_13-18-18_838.jpgBuilt 1903 — PēkšēnsThe plaque on the building where Matt and Dana stayed: 'Nams celts 1903. gadā. Projekta autors ir arhitekts Konstantīns Pēkšēns (1859–1928)' — built in 1903 to a design by Konstantīns Pēkšēns, the most prolific architect of Art Nouveau Riga. He also designed the house on Alberta iela that is now the Riga Art Nouveau Centre. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_14-37-22_998.jpgPainting at the windowDana at work at the apartment window on Thursday afternoon. She painted every day in Riga — fifteen new works in ten days. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_15-10-10_144.jpgUnder the Veldze signMatt and Dana in the Veldze courtyard under the old factory's rooftop letters. The site was a brewery from 1796; after 1945 a wine and soft-drinks factory that took the name Veldze; one of the first in the Baltics to bottle Pepsi and Fanta in the 1980s, and Coca-Cola in the 1990s. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_15-11-43_092.jpgDown the shaftMatt at the bottom of a deep brick pit inside the old factory, a crane hook hanging overhead — photographed by Dana from above. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_15-28-08_611.jpgUnpackingDana unpacks the paintings she carried from Washington, laid out on the cellar floor before the hang. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_17-37-50_875.jpgThe hang — Matt's wallMatt's paintings up on the cellar wall at 17:37 on install day: Kafka, Isaac Singer, Bukowski, Mr. Monopoly, the dogs, the Latvian Blue Cow. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_17-38-29_010.jpgWall of SesowsThe complete wall, the night before the opening. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-03_17-38-58_634.jpgMatt and his wallMatt with his paintings in the old brewery cellar. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_09-03-35_198.jpgRadio NABAFriday 4 September, 09:03 — Matt at the Radio NABA studio, under the station's scissors logo. NABA means 'navel' in Latvian, and also stands for Nekomerciālā Audiālās Baudas Akadēmija — the Non-Commercial Academy of Audio Pleasure. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_09-10-43_433.jpgOn airRadio NABA hosts Irbe and Mārtiņš at the desk. On air, Matt promised to paint them as a partridge (irbe) and a black rooster — and did, that same day. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_09-24-26_914.jpgKatrīna on the micKatrīna, the festival's curator, explains Art for Meat Tax to Latvian radio listeners. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_10-15-06_931.jpgThe city canalDana by the city canal after the radio interview, a canal boat going by. The canal follows the line of the old city moat; the ramparts were torn down in the 1850s and replaced by this ring of parks. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-26-11_553.jpgOpening nightFriday 4 September, 19:26 — the crowd arrives for the opening of Art for Meat Tax in the Veldze courtyard. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-26-11_942.jpgQueue for the cellarsWaiting at the cellar door. Visitors went down in guided groups every 15–20 minutes. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-26-14_348.jpgDana, opening nightDana in the courtyard as the festival opens. The brewer on this site in the 1870s was Gustav Kuntzendorff — the 'Gust' sign behind her shares his name. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-28-16_279.jpgCircledThe White Night (Baltā nakts) programme for 5 September, pasted on a wall — Dana circled Art for Meat Tax in pink. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-30-00_597.jpgDown in the cellarsOpening night, 19:30 — the first tour group in the vaulted cellars. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-30-31_362.jpgLooking upA shaft up through the vaults, with a wooden hatch and old pipework — traces of the factory. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-31-42_705.jpgThe long corridorThe longest of the tiled corridors under Veldze, lit for the exhibition. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-32-25_402.jpgA dark creatureA towering black sculpture by one of the festival's other artists, rising through the white-tiled vault. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-33-57_897.jpgDana's wallDana's paintings in the cellar on opening night — 21 works on the festival's themes of empathy, environment and health. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-34-14_873.jpgPlaying Favorites, Tea Party and moreDana's wall: 'Playing Favorites', 'Some Toys are More Equal Than Other Toys (Tea Party)', 'Playing with your Food', 'Little Pig (Cūciņa)', 'Sunday Dinner' and the rest. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-34-28_685.jpgDana's wall, wholeThe full wall of Dana's paintings on their wire grids. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-41-34_171.jpgThe wall textMatt's wall text in the cellar: 'On a summer evening in rural Nebraska in 1975, an eight-year-old boy walked into the propeller of a landing airplane and lost his left hand and most of his left arm…' It ends: 'Everything on display can be acquired — ask Katrīna.' https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-41-45_059.jpgMatt's wall, opening nightMatt's paintings under the vaults: Mr. Monopoly, the dogs, Kafka, the Latvian Blue Cow. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-43-37_545.jpgThe white tunnel, fullThe white-tiled tunnel packed with visitors. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-44-38_469.jpgFrom New ZealandPrints of reworked-taxidermy animals on the tiles. The festival showed high-quality prints sent from New Zealand by Angela Singer, one of the best-known animal-rights artists working today. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_19-55-13_574.jpgBehind barsMatt and Dana by an iron grille in the cellars. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_20-00-09_315.jpgMatt meets the creatureMatt nose-to-nose with the black sculpture. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_20-01-22_698.jpgExitA running-man exit sign hanging askew on the cellar wall. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_20-02-03_220.jpgWet floorThe long tiled corridor, its floor wet from Riga's worst storm in twenty years, which hit a fortnight before the festival. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-04_20-33-56_804.jpgThe way upThe steep iron stair up out of the cellars. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-05_10-57-47_520.jpgThe National Museum of ArtMatt and Dana at the Latvian National Museum of Art, built in 1903–05 as Riga's first purpose-built art museum. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-05_11-33-00_198.jpgFrom the roofThe view over Riga's rooftops from the museum's roof terrace, added in the 2016 renovation. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-05_11-37-14_173.jpgOn the glass floorMatt in the museum's new underground galleries, walking on the glass floor. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-05_11-58-52_050.jpgSoft giantsDana with two giant soft-sculpture figures in the museum's historic halls. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-05_12-55-08_686.jpgSplendidDana at the Splendid Palace, the grand cinema on Elizabetes iela that has been showing films since 1923. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-05_13-28-12_505.jpgA small Sesow goes homeMatt outside Veldze with a festival visitor holding up one of Matt's small paintings. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-05_14-55-34_689.jpgIn front of Matt's wallDana with two festival visitors in front of Matt's wall of Riga paintings in the Veldze cellars. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-05_16-53-54_450.jpgBLUE COWAn Old Town shop sign with an iron bull and the words BLUE COW. The Latvian Blue (zilā govs) is a rare native cattle breed — Matt painted it before the trip and painted a whole herd again in Riga. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-05_16-56-57_365.jpgBlack MagicMatt and Dana inside the Riga Black Magic Bar, named for the Old Town apothecary where Riga Black Balsam is said to have been invented in the 1750s. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-05_23-06-45_500.jpgPainting at 11 pmDana at work in the apartment-studio at 23:06 — the Riga paintings were made on this table between gallery hours, walks and interviews. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-06_10-10-14_483.jpgBukowski was right about us!Graffiti near the Central Market: “BUKOWSKI WAS RIGHT ABOUT US!” https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-06_10-22-23_056.jpgThe Great Choral SynagogueDana at the ruins of Riga's Great Choral Synagogue on Gogoļa iela. On 4 July 1941, in the first days of the Nazi occupation, it was set on fire with people locked inside. The foundations and fragments of wall are now a memorial. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-06_10-25-47_137.jpgUnder a big skyThe synagogue ruins in wide angle. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-06_10-54-06_403.jpgStalin's birthday cakeThe Latvian Academy of Sciences, built 1953–61 in the Stalinist “wedding-cake” style of Moscow's Seven Sisters. Rigans still call it “Stalin's birthday cake”. Look closely and the ornament mixes hammers and sickles with Latvian folk motifs. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-06_11-11-58_002.jpgTop of RigaMatt and Dana at the top of the Academy of Sciences. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-06_11-14-38_934.jpgThe five hangarsLooking down on Riga Central Market: its huge pavilions were built from German First World War zeppelin hangars and opened as a market in 1930. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-06_11-29-25_810.jpgThe cake, from belowThe Academy of Sciences rising above the market district. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-06_11-50-43_410.jpgThe wagonA freight wagon in the yard of the Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum — the kind of car used for deportations. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-06_17-06-51_920.jpgActivism Art — the closing panelSunday 6 September, 17:06: the audience settles in the Veldze courtyard for the festival's closing panel, “Activism Art — Changing the World One Painting at a Time”, with Dana, Matt and Katrīna Tračuma, moderated by Sandris Ādminis. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-06_18-15-19_581.jpgLooking closelyA Sunday crowd in front of the Sesow wall. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-06_18-49-29_092.jpgTwo paintings go homeFriends of the show with Dana's Sprats on Rye and Matt's The Latvian Blue Cow on closing day. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-06_18-58-02_974.jpgSelfie with the new ownersMatt, Dana and friends with Sprats on Rye and The Latvian Blue Cow — the same blue cow that illustrated the festival's listing in the White Night programme. On the wall behind: the Baltā nakts poster, 5 September. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-06_20-33-26_285.jpgInto the tunnelDana walking into the cellar tunnels after the crowds have gone. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-07_09-43-30_993.jpgnudeDana strikes a pose under a NUDE sign, Monday morning, 7 September. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-07_09-54-36_946.jpgRainisThe seated granite Rainis in Esplanāde park, unveiled in 1965 for the centenary of Latvia's national poet Jānis Rainis (1865–1929). His wife, the poet Aspazija, gave her name to the boulevard where we recorded on Radio NABA. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-07_09-57-14_750.jpgThe golden domesMatt and Dana in front of the Nativity of Christ Cathedral (1876–84). In Soviet times it was turned into a planetarium; it was returned to the Orthodox church after independence. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-07_10-06-37_685.jpgFor Fatherland and FreedomThe honour guard at the Freedom Monument (1935, sculptor Kārlis Zāle), inscribed TĒVZEMEI UN BRĪVĪBAI — “For Fatherland and Freedom”. It survived the whole Soviet occupation. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-07_10-13-20_469.jpgThe Baltic WayA street exhibit on the Baltic Way of 23 August 1989, when about two million people joined hands in a chain more than 670 km long across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — on the 50th anniversary of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-07_10-29-44_913.jpgThe Riga catA souvenir hoodie with the arched-back cat of Riga's famous Cat House — the cat that turned up in the Riga paintings. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-07_10-33-42_387.jpgRIGAMatt and Dana at the big RIGA letters in Town Hall Square. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-07_10-34-37_310.jpgHouse of the BlackheadsThe House of the Blackheads and the Roland statue. The guild house of 1334 was bombed in 1941 and its ruins cleared by the Soviets; it was rebuilt in 1995–99. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-07_10-37-28_606.jpgThe first Christmas treeThe bronze marker in Town Hall Square: Riga claims the first decorated Christmas tree, put up by the Brotherhood of Blackheads in 1510. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-07_10-40-52_464.jpgUnder the flagMatt in the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia beneath the carmine-white-carmine flag — banned during the Soviet occupation, raised again in 1988–90. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-07_11-08-10_739.jpgSt. Peter'sSt. Peter's Church, first mentioned in 1209. Its wooden spire burned in 1941; the new one, finished in 1973, carries a lift to a viewing gallery and a golden rooster on top. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-07_11-19-32_486.jpgBack at the radio buildingMatt and Dana at Aspazijas bulvāris 5, the University of Latvia faculty building that also houses Radio NABA — three days after the interview. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-07_18-08-04_362.jpgA Sesow for friendsThe two friends from the Veldze wall, with a Matt Sesow painting at the door of our building. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-08_09-33-40_788.jpgAlberta ielaDana on Alberta iela, the street of Mikhail Eisenstein's Art Nouveau facades (1901–08). About a third of central Riga's buildings are Art Nouveau — the densest collection anywhere, part of the UNESCO-listed historic centre. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-08_09-34-15_120.jpgDana and the sphinxDana beside a sphinx guarding an Art Nouveau doorway. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-08_09-54-32_243.jpgLittle porcelain peoplePainted porcelain figures lined up in front of old kitchen canisters. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-08_16-09-58_449.jpgMatt at workMatt painting in the apartment-studio, headphones on, 8 September. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-09_09-52-38_298.jpgHedgehogsMatt with a Baltā nakts (White Night) 2026 poster, all hedgehogs. Hedgehog in the Fog, the Soviet-era animated classic, is one of the Riga paintings. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-09_10-50-34_655.jpgLiving kvassA kvass tanker at the Central Market: “JAUNUMS! JŪSU KVASS” (New! Your kvass). Dana tries a cup of the fermented rye-bread drink. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/photos/full/2026-09-09_12-06-12_948.jpgThe city canalMatt and Dana by the city canal at Bastejkalns, where memorial stones mark those killed in the January 1991 barricade days. https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/latvian-blue-cows.jpglatvian blue cows — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/cat-of-riga.jpgCat of Riga — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/the-musicians-of-bremen-4.jpgThe musicians of Bremen (4) — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/the-musicians-of-bremen-1.jpgThe musicians of Bremen (1) — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/hedgehog-in-the-fog.jpgHedgehog in the fog — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/the-hunters.jpgThe hunters — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/the-musicians-of-bremen-5.jpgThe musicians of Bremen (5) — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/this-is-60.jpgthis is 60 — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/the-musicians-of-bremen-3.jpgThe musicians of Bremen (3) — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/family.jpgfamily — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/self-portrait-latvia.jpgself portrait, latvia — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/outpatient-surgery.jpgoutpatient surgery — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/a-smiling-face-is-half-the-meal.jpga smiling face is half the meal — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/bunny-family.jpgbunny family — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/pacifist.jpgpacifist — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/hangover.jpghangover — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/singer2.jpgIsaac Singer — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/largefish.jpgLarge Fish with escort — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/greypeas.jpgGrey Peas — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/lastcall.jpgLast Call — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/dd1.jpgDouble Dog — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/curveball.jpgCurveball — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/conjoined.jpgConjoined — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/accordion-player-with-dancer.jpgaccordion player, with dancer — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/lady-with-hen.jpgLady with hen — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/happy-hor.jpgHappy hour — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/the-musicians-of-bremen-2.jpgThe musicians of Bremen (2) — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/cat-in-riga-latvia.jpgCat in Riga latvia — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/partridge-and-black-rooster.jpgPartridge and black rooster — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/onward-riga-latvia.jpgOnward Riga Latvia — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/kafka2.jpgFranz Kafka — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/bulldog1.jpgBull Dog — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/cow1.jpgThe Latvian Blue Cow — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/monopoly1.jpgMr. Monopoly — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/rv1.jpgRabbit Village — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/buk2.jpgCharles Bukowski — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/insidethering.jpgInside the Ring — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/eat2.jpgVegetarian — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/bremen1.jpgBremen Town Musicians — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/refugee.jpgRefugee — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/matt/princess.jpgPrincess, with monkey — Matt Sesow https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/selective-compassion.jpgSelective Compassion — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/playing-favorites.jpgPlaying Favorites — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/teaparty.jpgSome Toys are More Equal Than Other Toys (Tea Party) — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/just-right.jpgJust Right — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/playing-favorites-illuminated.jpgPlaying Favorites, Illuminated — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/little-pig.jpgLittle Pig (Cūciņa) — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/sprats-on-rye.jpgSprats on Rye — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/trussed.jpgTrussed — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/skewered.jpgSkewered — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/food.jpgPlaying with your Food — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/sum-of-her-parts3.jpgSum of Her Parts (3) — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/sum-of-her-parts4.jpgSum of Her Parts (4) — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/hare-today-gone-tomorrow.jpgHare Today Gone Tomorrow — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/sunday-dinner.jpgSunday Dinner — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/this-little-piggy2.jpgThis Little Piggy Went to the Market (2) — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/prized.jpgPrized — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/mine-1.jpgMine (1) — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/mine-2.jpgMine (2) — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/mine-3.jpgMine (3) — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/sushi.jpgSushi — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/notbacon.jpgHipster Bacon — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/katrina.jpgKatrina — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/cat-house.jpgCat House — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/bremen-town-musicians.jpgBremen Town Musicians — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/woman-with-hen.jpgWoman with Hen — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/take-two.jpgTake Two — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/take-one.jpgTake One — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/she-wouldnt-take-off-her-boots.jpgShe Wouldn't Take Off Her Boots — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/she-wouldnt-take-off-her-boots-study.jpgShe Wouldn't Take Off Her Boots (Study) — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/swim-lesson.jpgSwim Lesson — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/one-way-ticket.jpgOne 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Cheese. — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/the-costume.jpgThe Costume — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/understudy.jpgUnderstudy — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/img/paintings/dana/tethered.jpgTethered — Dana Ellyn https://latvia.sesow.com/video/radio-naba-poster.jpgMatt Sesow & Dana Ellyn on Radio NABA, Riga (English captions)Radio NABA 95.8 FM, 4 September 2026, with the Art for Meat Tax festival curator.https://latvia.sesow.com/video/radio-naba-interview-en.mp41268 https://latvia.sesow.com/video/ltv-poster.jpgLatvian Television Culture News: Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow (English subtitles)LTV Kultūras ziņas, filmed 2 September 2026.https://latvia.sesow.com/video/ltv-culture-news-en.mp4185 https://latvia.sesow.com/photos.html2026-09-26 https://latvia.sesow.com/research.html2026-09-26 https://latvia.sesow.com/transcripts.html2026-09-26