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KEVIN KEANE
Kevin is a prolific artist who creates forests of butterflies and birds as well as larger-than-life fish. His love of and fascination with nature is evident in his exuberant and vibrantly colourful pencil drawings. He transfers them to canvas and they become ornamental and fanciful. His linear approach resembles stained glass, and his powerful colour ranges underpin the balance of his designs. Kevin’s trademark is his flat single dimensional representation of nature. Kevin has benefited from his collaboration with David Milne and the other artists in the VATMI Art & Design studio. His recent work has seen him apply the same flat colour treatment to everyday images such as cars and giant shoes. Kevin was born in Melbourne. He is one of the original studio artists at VATMI and now lives in supported accommodation in Bulleen.