1976 Born Sydney, Australia 1998 Bachelor of Arts (Visual) with Honours (First Class) and University
Medal, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University . Keeling’s beguiling, realist paintings capture suspended moments in
fictional lives with a reverence for drama, suspense and elegance. Like
film stills from an Alfred Hitchcock thriller, Keeling’s isolated female
figures are placed in a series of interiors where the space is either
suffused with subtle, refracted light or illuminated by the harsh glare
of an electric bulb. [no-sidebar]
A film noir ambience is achieved with chiaroscuro effects and deep
shadows which suggest an emotional and psychological undercurrent to the
work. Yet the viewer is left to create their own narrative. Elements of mystery and suspense are contrasted with moments of
intense personal rest and reflection, where the viewer is obliged to
acknowledge their own voyeuristic intrusion. In Drifting (2006), the
viewer inadvertently intrudes upon the languid, naked form of a young
woman, reclining in the bath, lost in her own reverie.
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