Vincent Keeling's Art Blog — figurative art

In my Blog post on 2 February many of you might have seen my oil painting study for The Unfolding Kiss; Both the study and this larger scale work, represent a long term ambition of mine to introduce figures into my floral work in an effort to create something quite new. And with this in mind I am delighted to announce that after many months of painstaking work this full sized painting is now finished, varnished and ready to go out into the world. The idea behind the painting was to marry two of my favourite subjects in oil painting. The first is the...

The Unfolding Kiss: A Study oil on canvas, by artist Vincent Keeling   This is a very important painting for me as it represents my first attempt to realize a creative idea that has been floating around my head for some seven years; This is the idea of combining two strands of my previous work, the floral and figurative, and trying to merge these into a seamless whole. I should also point out, that the figures in this work are inspired by a sculpture, I’ve always loved, called “The Kiss” by the nineteenth century French sculptor Rodin. Although in the...

This painting still isn't finished, but I took a photo today and thought it was worth recording. Really like the blend of abstract elements and stylised bodies. Definitely going to get working on finishing this soon, and hopefully pursuing the style further. Watch this space! Vincent Keeling