McKeith, David - Paintings
Creator's Statement:
Creator's Statement:
My art is all about the land. Most of my subjects are the color, temperature, and mood of those remaining parts of this good earth that are still in a state of wildness. I wish to speak for a renewed reverence for the land, for what The Buddha called the sacredness of “Nature’s life force and intelligent energy.” Not an academic painter and largely self-taught, I avoid formal artistic rules in order that I may let flower the individuality of my own expression. Nor am I a topographical realist, for I strive to capture the essence of a place, a pictorial extract that contains the spirit of the landscape, its ambience and feeling. I wish my artistic work to be evocative rather than descriptive; poetic and reminiscent rather than literal. I am not a narrator, a storyteller. Rather, I hope my paintings stir one’s emotions and imagination, enliven one’s senses, and reaffirm our elemental connection to the sky and earth below. I am a juried Associate member of Oil Painters of America, a national organization whose sole purpose is to focus attention on the lasting value of traditional, representative art.
My art is all about the land. Most of my subjects are the color, temperature, and mood of those remaining parts of this good earth that are still in a state of wildness. I wish to speak for a renewed reverence for the land, for what The Buddha called the sacredness of “Nature’s life force and intelligent energy.” Not an academic painter and largely self-taught, I avoid formal artistic rules in order that I may let flower the individuality of my own expression. Nor am I a topographical realist, for I strive to capture the essence of a place, a pictorial extract that contains the spirit of the landscape, its ambience and feeling. I wish my artistic work to be evocative rather than descriptive; poetic and reminiscent rather than literal. I am not a narrator, a storyteller. Rather, I hope my paintings stir one’s emotions and imagination, enliven one’s senses, and reaffirm our elemental connection to the sky and earth below. I am a juried Associate member of Oil Painters of America, a national organization whose sole purpose is to focus attention on the lasting value of traditional, representative art.
David shares the above website with his wife Priscilla, who is also a landscape painter.
David shares the above website with his wife Priscilla, who is also a landscape painter.
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