Anna Patricia Keller

Anna Patricia Keller

Santa Fe, NM, United States

About Anna Patricia Keller

My mostly abstract paintings are inspired by nature and usually incorporate personal imagery and markings, often taken from the sketchbook/journals that I bring with me on my treks into the open prairie lands, arroyos, forests and canyons near my home in Northern New Mexico. I fill these journals with my impressions... drawings, descriptions, unintended markings, ephemera found along the way, as well as bits of thought, music or poetry that may occur to me. The more autobiographical elements become part of the paintings I call "Narratives", while others simply add depth and texture to my more minimal, landscape-based abstraction works. The vast open spaces, dramatic skies, deep canyons, and tumultuous weather that I experience now, as well as my memories of growing up and living near the sea, all inspire me, in both series' of work. I also find inspiration in the process of painting and the feel of painting materials in my hands. I use oil paint, cold wax medium, found materials and a variety of media such as natural pigments, ink, acrylic, graphite, oil stick and charcoal in my work. www.annapatriciakeller.com

Education:

BA (Honors) Art Studio, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA;
Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI, Art History Studies
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, Painting and Illustration

Events:

May, 2017: 2 paintings included in publication: Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal, Cottonwood Falls, KS

June 2017, workshop for artists: Exploring Abstraction with Acrylics, Santa Fe, NM

Exhibitions:

September 2017 "heARTs" Fund Raising Exhibition, RPS, Santa Fe, NM

March 2017 Invitational Exhibition, Symphony in the Flint Hills Gallery, Cottonwood, Kansas

March 2012 "Prairie's Edge" Solo Exhibition, The Gallery at Pioneer Bluffs, Matfield Green, KS

May 2012 "Transcribed Natures" Invitational/Group, Commerce Street Lofts, Wichita, KS

November 2011, "Atmospheric 3", 3 Person Exhibition, La Tienda Exhibition Space, Santa Fe, NM

May 2006 "New Artists" Group, ongoing, Tucker Woods Fine Art,
Santa Fe, NM

December 2003 "Invitational", Group, Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

April 2003 "Originals, Traces of the Journey", Group, Catalogued, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM

February 2003 "Contemporary Art" Group, The Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM

March 1999. "Art Riot" Group, Escondido Municipal Gallery, Escondido, CA

August 1998 "Award Finalists" 4 person Exhibition, first finalist, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA

August 1998 "Local Color", Group, Catalogued, Escondido Municipal Gallery, Escondido, CA

June 1998 "Land and Sea" Group, Escondido Gallery, Escondido, CA

May 1996, "Shelter" Solo Exhibition, Fine Art Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

September 1995 "Personal Mythology" Solo Exhibition, Emerson Gallery/Ramp Space, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, Virginia

January 1995 "Printmaker's Best", Group, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD

January 1995 "Facts, Figures, Faces", Group, Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC

PUBLICATIONS:

June 2014 Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal, Volume 6, Full Page detail image of painting "Sky, Prairie" as introduction to the section titled "SKY"

April 2012 THE Magazine "Studio Visits"

October 2005 THE Magazine "Studio Visits"

October 2003 Santa Fean Magazine, p. 65 Image Reproduction

October 10, 2002 Rio Grande Sun, Arts Section, Interview Article with photos, "Contemporary Painter: Greatest Job in Life, Painting in Abiquiu"

July 30, 1998 San Diego Tribune, Award Announcement Article

October 1995. McLean Project for the Arts News, McLean, Virginia, Exhibition Announcement/Article "Featured Emerging Artist" and Curator's Essay "Personal Mythology"

September 22, 1995 Washington Post Weekend, Exhibition Announcement

June 1, 1995 Centreville Times, Centreville, Virginia, Award Article

February 1, 1995 KOAN, Washington, DC "Printmaker's Best", Mention