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Hello! I’m back. I’ve been busy livin’, workin’, and painting! I also revamped my art website and started to spend some quality time on Instagram doing stories and reels. Come see the latest there. Below you will see a glimpse into my latest series, dedicated to women, our hair, and our stories of strength and individuality. Do visit my new art website sometime and let me know what you think.
First of the series. done.
art work by ©marikeeler
I’m starting a new series and I’m seriously excited. Had the opportunity to get a hold of some rare kicks and will make a handful of portraits, find a gallery (hopefully) and show them. It’s a good feeling to paint again… It’s been too long. I’m a happy girl!
UPDATE:
slowly coming along…
FINISHED!
See an animated GIF of the process here.
Hello! Here is a little animated .gif of my latest painting. See the big one at marikeeler.com
For those of you who’ve asked, I have a few cameras that I use pretty frequently. Some of them have ridden motorcycles with me through Barcelona, hiked to Machu Picchu and have almost taken a dip in the ocean. These are my loves:
LOMO LC-A+
The little-one-that-could. I’ve gone through about 4 of these LC-A’s in the 8+ years since I been a Lomo fan, but this particular guy I’ve fixed a couple of times, and still going strong.
Olympus OS-1
This is a special camera. It belonged to my maternal grandfather, whom I found out (recently) collected cameras… Now I know where I got it from. I prefer the 50mm lens with it, and particularly like using this camera and the LC-A as a combo.
The ’78 Hass
The tank. I love this camera. Sexy beast.
Blue
My $1 Polaroid machine. purchased at a yard sale in Long Beach, California, 7+ years ago, this blue beauty has come a long way, and it gives me the best instant memories to date.
8mm Action
The argus/cosina 8mm video camera is a gem. I can’t wait to experiment some more with it.
Home
My very small painting space is part of my very small apartment. At the same time, there’s nothing like having your own studio accessible at all times. I have a separate fridge for all my film and also stretch my own canvas when possible.
Currently I’m starting my new series which will be part of a group show this fall! I’ll post more details once I get them, but excited to show new paintings soon. If you’d like to see my work, please visit to my personal website at marikeeler.com
yours truly,
mari
decided on no flower. Starting a new painting series today.
@marikeeler
hello chicas! If you live in NYC or have a girlfriend or two who would be interested in a 4 night event of free booze, goodie bags and shopping, please come to this!!
I will have my own booth at this fun ‘Girl Night Out’ party in NYC starting March 8th. (through March 11th from 5-10pm).
I will be selling my photography!!!
Little more info after clicking this banner. 🙂
Here is the 12×12 painting I did for my latest group show at Mighty Tanaka. It was a quick one, but I am happy with the results. Thanks to the person who bought it! I hope it looks nice on your wall 😉
© marikeeler
thanks to everyone who attended and showed their support at my photography show for the past 3 weeks. The closing party was a big success and I sold MOST of my prints!! pretty amazing. I will be updating my website with the new work, but in the meantime, you can visit Mighty Tanaka’s online store and order prints from there.
Thank you again. The support is what keeps us artists going.
I did this piece for a friend as a gift. I painted over another piece and took advantage of the texture, which is one of my favorite things to do. Used very quick brush work and kept a light and loose approach. I’m happy with the result. I hope she is too…
(R: full-sized painting, L: close up of texture) © art work by marikeeler
© art work by marikeeler
Hi Everyone, if you have 2 minutes to spare, please take a moment and vote for your favorite shot of mine at the IFC’s Independent Spirit Photo Contest. I am close to (hopefully) winning this month’s ‘People’s Choice’ photo award. Vote for this particular image by March 30th if you’d like for me to win this month. 😀
http://photocontest.ifc.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1009700018
I also have a bunch of other shots, you can do a search by photographer and type in ‘marikeeler’ .
Thanks for your support and wish me luck!
I have a show this coming July at Mighty Tanaka Studio with 2 talented Photographers (stay tuned for more details!!). I will be showing my latest collection of in-camera multiple exposures shot with 35mm film. I used both my grandfather’s olympus OM-1 and re-shot most of it with my trusty Lomo LC-A. I never use photoshop, what you see is how they look straight from the negative scans. I’m not hating on photoshop, in fact, I use it everyday for work, but with my photography I much rather go as traditional as I can. Its a lot more fun this way.
Below is one of the latest multiple exposures. This particular photo was shot at downtown Barcelona late one night. On this trip I experimented with the Olympus, the Lomo and my ’78 Hasselblad. I’m very much looking forward showing everyone my latest work.
© marikeeler.com
Here are some non-2x exposed shots from my trip.
©all photos by marikeeler