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Biography
Keith's primary mediums are painting and drawing. He holds a B.F.A. from the Pratt Institute and studied at the New York Studio School, and he was the recipient of a Summer Painting Fellowship from Yale. Keith has exhibited at various galleries and has had solo exhibitions at Pratt Institute. His work was on view at the 17th annual Outsider Art Fair in New York City, and his gouache and watercolor on paper work Gift from God was the signature piece of the recent Fountain Gallery exhibition Outta Sight: Artists Outside the Mainstream.
Statement
In my work I construct an imaginary world in which characters, words and symbols express an abstract narrative. This narrative is based on my personal experiences, and I also draw inspiration from sources such as Joseph Campbell, whose writing about universal archetypes in myths greatly interests me. I seek to create a vocabulary of archetypes representing psychological aspects of myself, and of the larger society. These characters appear in one work and often reappear in subsequent ones. Text is also important on a purely visual level: I love combining words and pictures. When a piece is successful, the abstract nature of the text mirrors the visual representation in a non-representational way. The writing need not make sense explicitly, but it must confirm disparate connections.
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