Kate Thomason Keeler portrays narratives of personal and collective struggle with a lexicon of film stills from Buster Keaton’s silent movies, family photographs, the language of plants, the story of St. Clare, Shakespearean characters, ancient myth, anatomical and cellular diagrams, and flora and fauna in paintings, woodcuts, collages, and monotypes.
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Exhibit Events
Saturday, May 9: Reception & Concert
Friday, May 22: Artist Talk & Reception
Artist Talks
Saturday, April 11 & May 2
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
The plant and animal structures in Keeler’s paintings tell stories of seasons, fertility, loss, connection and death. Plants, animals, and fungi are not the same, but our structures are similar. There is an indelible connection. Nature is not war. Integration persists. We are all one – the embodiment of compassion. Keeler’s paintings and prints depict moments in time when personal story, collective mythology and biology synthesize.
Weaving has been a symbol of interconnected fate, life and storytelling since ancient times. Weavers spin the fabric of life. You can interlace a myth and scientific theory in the same breath, or the same painting, processing life through logic and metaphor, addressing explanation and meaning. Keeler weaves imagery. Her personal stories map to a larger mythic, cosmic, and scientific expression told by weavings, wires, roots, and branches.
“The exhibit is perfect for The Granite, in theme and community connection. The Granite Church stands next to the “Weaving Building” within the Gilbert & Bennett Wire Mill in Redding’s part of Georgetown, where Kate’s husband’s family has multigenerational ties, including work at the Wire Mill,” said The Granite’s Executive Director, Richard Wenning. “And Redding’s Land Trust protects the many acres of roots and branches within our forests, which in turn have shaped Kate’s creative expression. Georgetown is a place where nature meets the arts and this exhibit captures that spirit beautifully.”
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Keeler was raised in Jackson, Mississippi, surrounded by musicians, artists, and cultural complexity. Art classes were a lifeline, alchemizing a world filled with wounds. After earning her degrees, she “grew up” in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, focusing on acrylic painting because the medium was versatile, affordable, and relatively non-toxic.
Keeler has exhibited work in Greenpoint, Brooklyn at The Mark, Brooklyn Safehouse, and Dandelion Wine. She recently exhibited at the Mark Twain Library, the Ridgefield Guild of Artists, and Anonymous Society Gallery. She has an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin and a BFA in Studio Art from Baylor University.
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