The work of Dan Keeper expresses vibrant situations and moments highlighting places and people. Look deeper and you’ll find a story!
Dan Knepper describes his work as; “realism in watercolor or oil as well as some very fun cartoon work that often ends up in children’s hospitals.”
The watercolors often depict children with famous works of art. .. sometimes poking fun at the art. For instance ‘Conversation Starter’ has a child smiling before her work on the easel. On closer inspection her brush is clean and the work on the easel is the $4.5 million ‘Mecca’ by Jean Michael Basquiat. Though the painting is an exact copy of his work… taken out of context, everyone who sees the painting assumes it to be the work of the child; Which Dan Knepper thinks says something about how we value art in context.
