Couple Under Blue Umbrella In Paris Rain, 2012

The latest in my award-winning painting series uses expressive, action-filled brush strokes to depict a couple walking under an umbrella in the Paris rain, one of my most popular subject matters. This large contemporary figurative art, signified by my unique Pixel Impressionism style, is a visual study of people in their urban environments.
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Figurative Artist Uses Video To Paint People From Above

From the Candid Frame interview with studio footage and time-lapse videos of my painting process.
Warren Keating is a painter who has based his popular overhead series on images that he has produced with a digital video camera. The result brings together the perspective of the camera with the nuance control of light and color that can only happen on canvas.

for more of Warren Keating’s art, go to WarrenKeating.com/Gallery

Hotelier On Bicycle In Paris

This very large figurative painting depicts a popular motif from my award-winning Overview series. In this version, I intentionally pushed the signature Pixel Impressionist brush strokes to create more expressive video motion in this contemporary portrait. The subject is revealed with exuberant brushwork that suggests the joy of bicycling in Paris. more info >

In-depth interview about my figurative paintings and studio practice on The Candid Frame #133 http://itun.es/iPL7NV #iTunes

Blonde With Cool Shoes And Jacket In Paris, 2012

This is a very large figurative painting from the award-winning Overview series. The everyday event of a Parisian walking down St. Germain is highlighted and celebrated through the rendering of pixelated artifacts in thick, motion-filled marks. Although we can’t see the face of this foreshortened, expressionistic figure, we learn so much from this nanosecond of experience rendered in Pixel Impressionist brush strokes. more info>

“Paris Runner In The Rain”

This is 36″ x 48″ original oil is the second painting of the Paris runner made in this series. On this canvas, I was trying to emphasize the contrast of the motion of the runner with the stillness of his shadow while rendering the foreshortened, aerial perspective of the figure with my signature Pixel Impressionism brush strokes. more info>