"I Backward Cast my Eye," Mixed media on canvas, 30x 40 inches, sold
With a focus on composition, contrasts, color and mark-making, painter Tara Keating builds complex surfaces that feel expressive, tactile and leave room for individual interpretation.
"Seaside," Mixed media on canvas, 30 x 40 inches, $1150
The artist uses multiple techniques involving glazing, loose brushwork, dripping, scumbling, and drawing along with subtractive processes such as scraping, gouging and sanding to explore texture in these layered pieces.
Keating's abstract paintings are often signed on the surface with a special glyph the artist developed, and on the reverse with her full name. The glyph allows the owner of the work to change the display orientation, based on their own interpretation of the art. Minimalist pieces are signed on the back of the paintings in order to allow the image to exist without interruption.
A selection of Keating's work is available for viewing and purchase at Artemesia, a boutique gallery in Geneva, Illinois. Please visit Artemesia for current availability.
"Thoughts About Order and Comfort, #3," Mixed media on canvas, 12 x 24 inches, SOLD
Amongst the Blades of Grass," Mixed media on canvas, 30 x 40 inches, $1150
"Thoughts About Order and Comfort, #4," Mixed media on canvas, 12 x 24 inches, $425
"Point of Decussation" Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 16 inches, $390
"Compass" Acrylic and mixed-media on canvas, 24 x 24 inches, $695
"Urban Motion No. 2" Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, $290
"Echo," Mixed media on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, $290
"Cross Stitch," Mixed media on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, $290
"Reversal," Mixed media on canvas, SOLD
"Wide-Open Sunstream," Mixed-media on canvas, $290
"Nod to JA," Mixed media on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, $290
"Drift," Acrylic and mixed-media on canvas, 20 x 20 inches, $520
"Snow Stalk,", Mixed media on canvas, 16 x 16 inches, $395
"Snow Stem," Mixed media on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, $290
"I am Not Dormant," Mixed-media on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, $290
"Moon Shine" Acrylic and composite gold leaf on canvas, 24 x 24 inches, $695
"Willikers," Mixed-media on canvas, 16 x 16 inches, SOLD
"Torrent No. 1" Acrylic and mixed-media on canvas, 16 x 16 inches, $395
"When the Inertia Becomes Unbearable," Mixed-media on cnavas, 30 x 40 inches, SOLD
"Water Blink," Mixed-media on canvas, 24 x 24 inches, SOLD
"Repatriate the Tumult into Peace," Mixed-media on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, SOLD
"Beach Day," Mixed-media on canvas, 20 x 20 inches, SOLD
"Initial Inquiry (Chirography)" Acrylic and wax on canvas, 12 x 12 Inches, $290
