"Keef" Painting

"I don't want to be a product of my environment...I want my environment to be a product of me" - Jack Nicholson in "The Departed" "Ever since I was a child, I have been captivated by painting and music. I grew up surrounded by the vast, wide-open expanse of the desert landscape that would later prove to greatly influence my artistic vision, having no boundaries or limitations to my imagination. Being an artist was never a conscious decision, I have always been different, seeing the world not as it was, but as how I envisioned it: a magical world filled with enchantment and amazement, vivid mesmerizing colors, and always to a soundtrack of rock and roll. I always paint listening to music; the two are inseparable to me in the process of creation, the lines blurred as to which influences the other more. My latest series of work combines these passions together by taking the albums I grew up listening to and the rock stars I idolized and transforming them into modern day Icons - lusterized in gold and lacquer echoing the same techniques that have been used by artists for centuries throughout the Byzantine and Renaissance era. These paintings take the familiar and transcend into the iconic, an exultant and exuberant example of modern-day devotion. Music and art are my religion and my release."- Xany Rudoff. Xany Rudoff is represented by Drate/Salavetz in New York City, and the Saatchi Gallery in the UK.In New York City, she is handled exclusively by the dynamic design duo, Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz- Grammy winning album cover designers and authors of the newly released book, "500 45s: A Graphic History of The Seven Inch Record". Any inquiries related to purchasing, commissioning or exhibiting Xany Rudoff's art please contact:Drate/SalavetzEmail: : (212)799-0535