Bert Seabourn was born in Redbarn,Texas in 1931. He knew from an early age that he wanted to be an artist. In the eighth grade, he sold his first cartoon to King Features Syndicate, and the cartoon was published in a comic book. After high school, Seabourn joined the U.S. Navy. In the Navy, Seabourn created and illustrated training manuals, and became the art director for the Navy’s monthly magazine. Upon his discharge from the Navy, Seabourn studied art at Oklahoma City University, where he was inspired by painter and instructor Roger White. Seabourn experimented with abstract art at Oklahoma City University and abstract expressionism became the style for which he was to be known. Seabourn is also known for compositions which combine Native faces with images of the sun and moon and various animals. Seabourn has won over 100 painting and graphic awards and has shown his work in exhibitions and shows throughout the United States. In 1976, Seabourn was designated as a Master Artist by the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Seabourn’s art is in the permanent collections of many institutions, including The White House in Washington, D.C., the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, and The Vatican Museum of Modern Religious Art in Vatican City, Italy. Seabourn lives in Oklahoma. .