Bob Keller Exhibition will be on display, Friday, July 31 – Friday, September 11 in the Plymouth Community Center Art Gallery.
Please join us on Thursday, August 6 at 6 pm to hear artist Bob Keller discuss his Intentionally Unintentional exhibit, currently showing at the Plymouth Community Center Art Gallery.
This free event is from 6 to 7:30 pm. Refreshments will be served.
Artist’s Bio
Bob Keller grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota and started making art at a very early age. His
parents started supplying him with paper and pencils to keep him from drawing on the walls and in the margins of books. He hung out at the Rourke Gallery in Moorhead and was one of dozens of young artists mentored by James O’Rourke.
He majored in Art at Carleton College, concentrating in printmaking. After graduation he
worked as a printer at Martin Graphics. During his forty-year career he worked in animation, was an illustrator, graphic designer and web designer as well as managing a corporate graphics department.
Upon retiring he started painting seriously, experimenting with various styles before finding his voice in his current body of abstract paintings. He has had exhibitions at the Robbin Gallery and Unity Unitarian Church. His work has appeared in many group exhibitions locally. He is represented in Minneapolis by the Follow the Muse Gallery in the Northrup King Building. He is currently the President of the Board of Directors of the Robbin Gallery in Robbinsdale, Minnesota.
One of Bob’s paintings was awarded first place in the acrylic division at Arts North International at the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
Artist’s Statement
My current body of work evolved from my fascination with the interaction of materials and an interest in experimentation and nontraditional techniques. The abstract expressionists, particularly Kline, Motherwell, de Kooning and Frankenthaler have influenced my work as well as local artists Jerry Rudquist and Dean Warnholtz.
My approach is intentionally unintentional, I usually have no preconceived notion of the
outcome. The work is an attempt at accessing my unconscious mind, especially in the early stages. I try not to think too m much about the outcome. In the later stages the work becomes a sort of dialogue, I make a mark and then let the painting tell me what the next move should be.
Although I try not to have any literal references in these paintings, the viewer brings their own interpretation, I’m often surprised to learn the things that people see in them. I hope that the viewer first approaches as the painting a whole, then spends time wandering through the details created by the texture, then perhaps spend some time meditating on the work.
Bob Keller - Cherry Moon
Bob Keller - Nice Slice
