Warren Keating

Taking Her Arm in Paris, Oil Painting

2019

Artist Comments
This painting was inspired by Warren Keating's view from his balcony on St. Germain in Paris of an older couple in love, walking together arm-in-arm. He captured video of the pedestrians below and then used a still frame as reference. Part of Warren Keating's signature series of aerial portraits intended to express the immediacy of the moment. Pixelated and loose style of brushwork referencing video stills. Simplified, contemporary color palette.

About the Artist
Warren Keating's paintings start with documentation. He captures subjects on video from birds-eye views, digitizes the film on his computer and, finally, paints them on canvas in an active style he describes as Pixel Impressionism. He merges artistic elements of the 20th Century with 21st Century technology. Warren credits Futurism as well as Richard Diebenkorn and Willem de Kooning as influences in his paintings. Fun fact: Warren’s inspiration for this series came from a vacation to Paris where he photographed passersby from his hotel balcony in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

Words that describe this painting: aerial view, contemporary, couple, walking, Paris, love, street, sidewalk, urban, people, people, representational, contemporary, oil painting, blue, blue

Taking Her Arm in Paris
Warren Keating
Oil painting on stretched linen
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2019
40 in. h x 30 in. w x 1.5 in. d
12 lbs. 0 oz.