Collections from Lois Keller

The Circuitry art show 2024

15 Artworks

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Passages

8 Artworks

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Writers and Actors Strike Los Angeles 2023

12 Artworks

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Plein Air Painting of the Los Angeles Writers and Actors Strike, 2023

Orquevaux Artist Residency 2023

8 Artworks

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March Residency in France at Chateau Orquevaux

Matilija Poppies

30 Artworks

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Vignette Drawings: Works on Paper

41 Artworks

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Los Angeles

15 Artworks

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Trader Joe’s Collage Portraits

13 Artworks

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Shakespeare

7 Artworks

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New York

5 Artworks

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Portrait

34 Artworks

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Quiddity, the true nature of a thing

16 Artworks

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A narrative painting series about adoption. Shown at the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago School of Psychology.

The Wondering Eye

3 Artworks

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The Wondering Eye by artist Lois Keller I was drawn to “Hammond’s Nature Encyclopedia of America” because of it’s simple and honest way it categorizes and explains the natural world. Earth science is so much more of a mystery to me! These little drawings share my experience of wonder while pondering each subject. I drew on top of the handsome illustrations by Walter Ferguson in a way to share the unknown elements in nature that are not always so simply explained. The charcoal and pastel just sank into the paper of the pages from the 1966 edition and seamlessly transformed the image to express that sense of mystery I feel when observing the natural world. Combining these two perspectives through this drawing/collage technique each picture creates a new perspective on each subject. Each picture is a framed 8 ½” x 71/2” pastel and charcoal drawing on an original page from the “Nature of the World Encyclopedia” 1966 edition, $100 each.

The Par King

14 Artworks

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The ParKing series pokes at the car-centric landscape of LA, playfully personifying the LADOT meters packed in across the city that occupy pedestrian sidewalk space. The ParKing is both spirited and sinister, surreal but hyperreal. The ParKing reminds the audience of the meters and pay stations that dominate this overpopulated cityscape, and take priority over the folks that inhabit it. Despite the grim picture of it all, the ParKing series contains the Angeleno spirit of creation: erecting art from struggle. The series uses multimedia material including recycled cue cards, cardboard stripes, colored pencils, and loose change.