Somewhere on a bridge at
The Getty Center or on a hotel balcony in Paris, you'll find Warren Keating
with his video camera, capturing footage of unsuspecting figures walking below.
Later, In a studio in Encino, you can find him pouring through frame after frame
of video footage to digitize a still frame that shows the perfect moment of
weight shift, swing of the arm or tilt of the head that tells volumes about
each subject, which he feverishly paints, covering large canvases with thick
swashes of paint depicting an overhead view of a person in transit.
As a child Keating
suffered from a disease that left Keating unable to walk for several years.
Now, he has become obsessed with walking as evident in his newest painting
series. A native of New Orleans and graduate of Otis Parsons, his work now
reflects the culmination of 25 years of painting both the figure and the
landscape. His first solo show at the Desmond Gallery in Los Angeles in 1995
was followed by numerous solo shows of his paintings in the U.S. and Mexico,
including a special exhibit sponsored by the governor. Now, his work is sold
directly to a variety of collectors in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
Keating’s latest
series, Overview, which combines video and paint, was selected as an LA Times
Calendar pick and won awards at juried exhibits at Long Beach Arts and recently
at the Visual Arts Society of Texas, Dallas. An interview with Keating about
this series was featured on CNN. The paintings are currently available at
Orlando Gallery in Tarzana, and JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach.