Gerry Keon Artist

50 Paintings

50 Paintings
2017 - 2021

This heterogeneous group of paintings has been my central preoccupation over five years. I know nothing about how to paint. I engage willingly, on occasions optimistically, in a process which is largely opaque to me. I have come to believe that I participate in an exchange between layers and levels of consciousness/unconsciousness about which I have no clear knowledge and over which I can exert only the minimum of control. Paintings, when they arrive, arrive of their own volition, I cannot cajole, entice or demand their presence. I have no vision, the paintings surprise me. I offer to the process the specifics of my sensibilities such as they are. I have learned to wait, to follow hints and whispers…

All paintings are oil on board. 22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm).

Roadworks

Roadworks

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Curtain

Curtain

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Calendar

Calendar

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Shelter from the Storm

Shelter from the Storm

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Widow

Widow

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Pin Up

Pin Up

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

By the sea

By the sea

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

King and Queen

King and Queen

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Transmigration

Transmigration

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Street Theatre

Street Theatre

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

The Angel of History

The Angel of History

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Visions of Ezekiel

Visions of Ezekiel

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Wee Willie Winkie

Wee Willie Winkie

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Paleontology

Paleontology

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Street Scene

Street Scene

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Canyon

Canyon

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

New Growth

New Growth

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Circus Act

Circus Act

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Prayer Mat

Prayer Mat

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Home

Home

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Retreat of the Ice

Retreat of the Ice

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Cruelest Month

Cruelest Month

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

The Flight into Egypt

The Flight into Egypt

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

On the Street

On the Street

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Eden

Eden

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Grave Goods

Grave Goods

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Lazarus

Lazarus

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Lament for Lost Gods

Lament for Lost Gods

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Hommage à S. B

Hommage à S. B

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Cloud

Cloud

17 x 22” (43 x 54 cm)

Sailing to Byzantium

Sailing to Byzantium

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Incantation

Incantation

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Love Letter

Love Letter

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Firepower

Firepower

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Visitors to the Cradle

Visitors to the Cradle

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Reservoir

Reservoir

17 x 22” (43 x 54 cm)

Passageways

Passageways

17 x 22” (43 x 54 cm)

Partings

Partings

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Allotments

Allotments

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Winter Kept Us Warm

Winter Kept Us Warm

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Voyage

Voyage

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

Cornwall (Bottalack)

Cornwall (Bottalack)

22 x 17” (54 x 43 cm)

First Circle

First Circle

17 x 22” (43 x 54 cm)

The Reluctant Six

These six are refusing to follow the rest of the flock into the fold, they wander where they will ignoring the voice and directions of their distracted shepherd.

All paintings are oil on board. 15 x 11” (38 x 28 cm).

(was) Inland Sea (w.i.p.)

(was) Inland Sea (w.i.p.)

15 x 11” (38 x 28 cm)
(was) Moon Pig Landscape

(was) Moon Pig Landscape

15 x 11” (38 x 28 cm)
(was) Postcard from the Edge (w.i.p.)

(was) Postcard from the Edge (w.i.p.)

15 x 11” (38 x 28 cm)
(was) The Ancient Mariner (w.i.p.)

(was) The Ancient Mariner (w.i.p.)

15 x 11” (38 x 28 cm)
(was) The Little Goose Girl (w.i.p.)

(was) The Little Goose Girl (w.i.p.)

15 x 11” (38 x 28 cm)
(was) The Temptations of St Anthony (w.i.p.)

(was) The Temptations of St Anthony (w.i.p.)

15 x 11” (38 x 28 cm)