Following the success of her 2010 suite of elite sport horse portraits, Keeling returns to the subject and form of the female nude, imbuing the work with her characteristic chiaroscuro effects.
The suite of paintings in ‘The Blue Room’ moves away from evoking a drama reminiscent of Hitchcock and film noir, and focuses on the atmosphere that light and shadow play in transforming the pose of the female nude. Titles such as Swathe, Enfold and Embrace suggest the interplay between the light source and the varied poses and angles of the sitter. As the viewer, we are witness to a private experience, viewing the female in a moment of contemplation, never able to enter the space of the personal.
Liverpool Street Gallery
5 to 31 July, 2014
Sydney
Swathe, 2014, oil on linen, 102 x 152cm
Courtesy the artist and Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
