Art as a Meaningful Journey
From
the moment I first picked up a crayon and scratched across the wall, I was
fascinated with creating images and words and sounds. My parents, an artist
and a musician (if not always in profession, at least in avocation), supplied
plenty of paper, pencils, tape, aluminum foil and scissors, and gave me
space to imagine and expand creatively.
I filled the empty spaces and quiet moments with imaginary worlds, with images of the stars and cosmos, with poems and stories, with the song of my heart as it cried out from my guitar and piano.
As an undergraduate I delved into sociology, attempting to understand why people relate the way they do. Unsatisfied with both the questions and answers, I pursued religious studies in graduate school and began to prepare for a career as a minister. This route was also a failure, not only as a career but also as a paradigm for meaning.
So I returned to my artworks, to discover meaning had been there all along. Primarily self taught as an artist, writer and musician, I have also studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. My fine art photography has been exhibited both regionally and nationally.
Contact me here:ronaldkeith@rkartstudio.com