Richard Keen
Andrew Estey Photography
HONORS / AWARDS
2015,16 Merit Award, Dave Bown Projects 11th,13thSemi Annual Competition
2014 Artist Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Sheffield, MA
Visiting Artist, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2013 Arts Visibility Grant, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME
2012 Visiting Artist, Millikin University / Carriage House Press, Decatur, IL
Visual Arts Sea Grant, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
2010 Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State, US Embassy, Dili
2007,09,11 Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME
2008 Guest Artist/ Lecture, Pecha Kucha Night, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
2004 Guest Artist / Lecture, Merrimack College, N. Andover, MA
2003 Surdna Foundation Fellowship, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
Guest Artist/ Lecture, Brunswick Art and Cultural Alliance, Brunswick, ME
2001 Guest Artist/ Lecture, Fairfield University, Fairfield CT
My abstractions begin from observation. My inspiration for my abstractions come nature and man-made objects. I filter which elements of my observations and experiences are brought into focus by removing unnecessary detail; often simplified into line, shape, color, and texture. The origins of some finished works reveal direct visual connections to my experiences, while others are more disguised, leaving room for interpretation. I keep my work moving forward by exploring different mediums regularly, not locking my practice into one mode of operating and by working on multiple series simultaneously.