founded in 1927
Mechanical Overload
80 x 80cm. Mixed Media on canvas. Price.£750. Purchase reference Keeling 2
Foundation Of stillness
60 x 60cm. Mixed Media on canvas. Price £495. Purchase reference Keeling 5
A gift to the Imagination
60 x 60cm. Mixed Media on canvas. Price £495. Purchase reference Keeling 6
Powerhouse Shadow
40 x 40cm Mixed Media on canvas. Price £300. Purchase reference Keeling 9
Marie Keeling
Born Manchester 1948.
Moved to Cornwall 2000
inspirations:
The architectural or industrial element in the landscape is my main drive. I am moved by
the sight of rusty corroded metal, peeling paint, verdigris forming on old copper pipes.
Materials exposed to the elements, nature’s reclamation. A metaphysical viewpoint on the
industrial landscape, scrap yards, boat yards, the sculptural shapes of discarded &
dismantled machinery. A love of buildings, constructions, steel skeletons, brick, concrete,
stonework.
Three series of paintings that I am currently working on are inspired by a twin funnelled
barge, an old blowtorch & an abandoned quarry.
Medium:
Usually on canvas, using mixed media multi-layering for textural relief and oil in the later
stages.
The work:
Although I have many sources of inspiration, the end result is an abstract painting which
should be seen as an object in its own right, a new article. There is no intentional hidden
message in my work, but I hope to arouse curiosity, raise questions in the mind of the
beholder to which there may be no right or wrong answers, inviting the viewers to observe
& form their own interpretation of what they see. When I look at a work of art that I like, I
do not want an explanation. I like pictures that I do not understand.
