Warren Keating

Echoes of Peace in Green and Blue, Oil Painting

2024

Artist Comments
This impressionist painting captures a quiet moment from an unusual vantage point. Seen from above, a woman reclines leisurely on a bright blue inner tube, one leg extended, the other bent. The soft curves of her hat and the circular float echo her form, while the cool blues of her tube and clothing contrast with the textured greens of the water. The result is a scene that balances tranquility with subtle energy.

About the Artist
Artist Warren Keating captures the motion of walking figures and conveys the immediacy of fleeting moments in his artwork. He documents his subjects on video through birds-eye views, translating their details with oil paint using an approach he describes as Pixel Impressionism. His inspiration for this series came from a Paris vacation, where he photographed passersby from his hotel balcony in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. “My art captures the imagination by looking fairly photo-realistic at a distance but very expressive, abstract, and gestural up close,” says Warren. He works in a spacious, slightly cluttered studio with plenty of natural light, conveniently located next to his house in Santa Fe. Outside his creative pursuits, Warren enjoys spending time with family, engaging in outdoor activities, and traveling to gather new life experiences and future references for his compositions. His paintings have earned features on CNN, the LA Times, and the Huffington Post.

Words that describe this painting: figurative, woman, swimming, Rio Grande, floating, outdoor, summer, sunshine, river, water, season, perspective, birds-eye view, impressionism, people, seascape, oil painting, green

Echoes of Peace in Green and Blue
Warren Keating
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2024
18 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.5 in. d
5 lbs. 0 oz.