Boy Swimming in the Pool at a Hotel in San Antonio

Artist Warren Keating captures moment in paint that happen in the blink of an eye creating expressive paintings that help you find poetry in the everyday. This painting was inspired by the Keating’s view from his hotel balcony in San Antonio. It was painted in his signature style with active brush stokes that evoke the immediacy of the moment and his passion for the subject. This unique figurative oil painting with its aerial perspective and rectilinear brush strokes is both Abstract and Figurative. more>

new painting: Beret and Backpack

The backpack and beret of this Paris pedestrian initially caught my eye, but it was the silvery blue of the wet sidewalk, warmth of the shadow and motion of the subject that kept me looking. The aerial viewpoint creates abstract shapes from the foreshortened figure and flattens the “scene”. This painting is not only reminiscent of Paris, travel and youth, but also helps us to rediscover the wonder of the insignificant and cultivate our ability to enjoy the moment. size, media, etc. ->

That Blue That’s Close to the One I Love

The umbrella in this painting is not my favorite shade of blue. I like a darker, closer to Prussian or Cobalt shade of blue. However the hard contrasts and darkest darks are very close to my favorite shade, so this expressive painting is one of my favorite. In an effort to keep contemporary figurative painting relevant and add some exciting beauty to your wall, I submit this large oil on canvas...more info

Parisian Couple Under Blue Umbrella

This contemporary figurative painting was inspired by my aerial view of the pedestrians below from my hotel balcony in Paris. My signature Pixel Impressionist brushstrokes render the motion of the people walking on St. Germain and the texture of the rain falling on the concrete. The active, textured surface of this contemporary art is protected from UV, dust and smoke by a satin varnish. With sides finished in a complementary gray, this gallery wrapped canvas is wired on the back and ready to hang on the wall. purchase info >

Parisian Man Riding Bicycle

This small 6″h x 8″w x 1.5d painting was inspired by the view from my hotel balcony in Paris of the cycling Frenchman below me. Using my signature Pixel Impressionism brush strokes to indicate the movement of the figure, I created an active, textured surface. The figurative painting is protected from UV, dust and smoke damage by a satin finish varnish. With finished sides and wired on the back, this painting is ready to hang or it will stand up on its 1.5 inch edges to display on a bookshelf or mantel. $350 more info / purchase >

Woman in White on Bicycle at the Beach

This painting was inspired by artist Warren Keating’s view from the Santa Monica pier at the cyclists riding below him. It was created by using a digital video frame capture as reference to paint an expressive oil on canvas of the split-second moment. The resulting signature “Pixel Impressionism” brush strokes render the movement of the bicycling figure. more info / purchase>