Piece description from the artist
This triptych was inspired by an afternoon floating on the Rio Grande river in northern New Mexico. The water is painted in shades of green, suggesting a fresh natural, body of water. The figure is dressed in a two-piece blue and white swimsuit and is positioned with her arms stretched out, one hand dipping into the water. Her posture and the relaxed spread of her limbs convey a sense of leisure and tranquility. The vantage point of the viewer is from above, giving the impression of a bird's-eye view onto the scene. The contrast between the orange of the ring and the green water creates a striking visual focal point, emphasizing the figure and the leisure activity. The overall effect of the painting centers on feelings of calmness, relaxation, and the enjoyment of a serene moment in nature.
Born in New Orleans in 1965, Keating won several regional awards in oil and watercolor painting and received more than a half-dozen commissions before reaching the age of 18. His work now reflects the culmination of 25 years of painting both the figure and the landscape. Before graduating from Otis Parsons, he was chosen to display his work at the Mississippi Artists Annual Juried Exhibition. His first solo show was at the Desmond Gallery in Los Angeles in 1995.
Keating’s latest works in the Overview series, are the result of collecting photographs and video of unwitting subjects from balconies in France, digitizing them on a computer and painting them on canvas. Expressionistic mark-making depicts walking subjects, stop-action, mid-step in thick paint that renders motion in the form of video scan lines and pixel artifacts. Keating has painstakingly selected the exact frame, from hundreds, that tell us the story of each character, and rendered the digital nature of each image in a painterly style depicting a privileged view of a private moment.
Keating is a member of the Los Angeles Art Association.
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