Keenan Derby
Keenan Derby is a painter based in Los Angeles, California, where he draws influence from the ecosystems of deserts and forests. Direct and observational plein-air paintings function as artifacts of his lived experience, while larger studio paintings accumulate washes, scrapes, smears, and layers of color that push and pull against one another to create a sense of depth and space. The convergence of these two modes of working becomes a meditation on time.
Derby received his BFA in 2009 at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and went on to get his MFA from Boston University College of Fine Arts.