Keith Perkins--Art, Etc... » Art

Interview of Me on CBI

Keith — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:26:12 +0000

See me answer questions, like I know what I’m talking about.

Bucksport Waterfront Mural Project

Keith — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:03:31 +0000

Do you know, or are you, an artist living in Bucksport, Orland, Verona, or Prospect? Here’s an opportunity for you.

Last night I attended a committee meeting for this project. It, to put it bluntly, wasn’t very well attended. There were 7 people there, and 4 of them were the people in town government who were working on getting the project together.
This is a project the town is undertaking (with matching funds from Camden National Bank) to replace the murals that were done for the town’s bicentennial, back in 1992. The murals were taken down several years ago, because the wall they were on needed repairs, and they were never put back yup, for various reasons. They’ve been stored in a town garage, and most are in very poor shape. Some can be restored if anyone is willing to do so, but others are pretty much beyond repair.
Bucksport is looking for 11 artists or groups of artists to make up to 11 new murals (or do some restoration work on the old ones).
There is going to be another meeting on January 10 at 6:30PM at the Bucksport Town Hall (Jan. 11 if the weather’s bad)to see if there’s more interest, and to let other interested people know what’s going on. There should be some posters, etc. showing up in various places around town (thanks to some volunteers), and there is a January 31, deadline for artist’s proposals.
The murals are going to be done on 2′x4′ canvases, and then digitally blown up to 4′x8′, and put on a vinyl backing, so that they may last better than the original ones, and then the original (new) paintings will be hung in various businesses around town. The theme is “Bucksport: Past, Present, and Future.” Also, the town is planning on renting a space for the artists to work, and the public to be able to come see the works in progress, as well as supplying materials.
For more info contact David Milan at 469-7368

My 2011 “Birthday” Self-Portrait

Keith — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:06:12 +0000

It’s a few weeks late, but here’s my (mostly) annual birthday self-portrait.
Based (loosely) on Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring”.
Clicky piccy to make it bigger.

Keith Haring on Art As Lineage

Keith — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:26:39 +0000

“I am not a beginning. I am not an end. I am a link in a chain. The strength of which depends on my own contributions, as well as the contributions of those before and after me. I hope I am not vain in thinking that I may be exploring possibilities that artists like Stuart Davis, Jackson Pollock, Jean Dubuffet and Pierre Alechinsky have initiated but did not resolve. Their ideas are living ideas. They cannot be resolved, only explored deeper and deeper. I find comfort in the knowledge that they were on a similar search. In some sense I am not alone. I feel it when I see their work. Their ideas live on and increase in power as they are explored and rediscovered. I am not alone, as they were not alone, as no artist of the brotherhood ever was or ever will be alone. When I am aware of this unity, and refuse to let my self-doubt interfere, it is one of the most wonderful feelings I’ve ever experienced. I am a necessary part of an important search to which there is no end.” – November 7, 1978

via Art Basel Special: Keith Haring on The Art Market.

Thought for the Day

Keith — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:39:24 +0000

Sing Your Life

Keith — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:32:14 +0000

Art is the axe that breaks the frozen sea within us. — Kafka

New Art and Upcoming Art Show

Keith — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:56:17 +0000

Today I went to Hallowell, ME, and dropped off these three pieces for the Harlow Gallery’s 8x10x80 show.

From Left to Right: Red, Green, Blue–M&Ms; Big Fish; Moored (click on the images to see them bigger)
The last two are new from this fall.
If you’re in the Augusta area between December 2nd and 10th, pop on over to the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell and view/buy some nice art.

Gerhard Richter Painting

Keith — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:10 +0000

Gerhard Richter Painting – NOWNESS.com.

Harlow for the Hall Show

Keith — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:21:09 +0000

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Just took these three paintings down to Hallowell, ME. for this show.The show runs 4 days: Sept 28 through Oct. 1, go check it out.
Half the proceeds go to the Harlow Gallery, and the Johnson Hall refurbish, half go to the artist. More info at the link above.

Crimson Clown

Keith — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:17:42 +0000

for Whitechapel’s Remake/Remodel.

The Crimson Clown is Delton Prouse, a wealthy young bachelor, able veteran of The Great War, explorer, and all around adventurer who functions as a modern Robin Hood, stealing from the unjustly rich and returning money to helpless victims or worthy organizations. He dresses in a mostly white clown suit and uses a tear gas pistol (later this became a “gas gun”).