Duane Keiser Bio
(Photo: Lisa Nipp, USA Today)
Duane is a painter from Richmond, Virginia. He has been doing a daily painting since December 10, 2004. In April of 2006, he began making the paintings less frequently in order to have more time for other projects. Most of his paintings are postcard-sized oil paintings which he sells on eBay. Occasionally he creates a painting that he calls an "oddment". They are $100 and are offered on a first-come first-served basis.
Duane is "the father" of the painting a day movement. It has encouraged many artists to diligently take up their brush, and has begun to show the art world how the internet can be used in the service of art.
Official Duane Keiser Sites
Looking for Duane on the web? Here are some links to his official web sites. Further down the page you can see what paintings he has on eBay and watch some videos of him painting on YouTube.
- Duane Keiser's Official Web Site
- This is the official home page of Duane Keiser. It contains links to all of his other sites, as well as galleries of his larger work.
- A Painting a Day
- This is the blog that started the whole painting a day movement. Duane posts his newest postcard sized paintings here a couple of times a week.
- On Painting
- Duane posts his stray thoughts on what he has learned about painting and how the internet is changing the business of art.
- Process
- This blog documents a the work that goes into a larger painting. Duane talks about the various phases of this piece and shows images of its progress.
- Topophilia
- Topophilia is a word he discovered in Gaston Bachelard's book, "The Poetics of Space." Although it is not included in most dictionaries, literally translated it means " a love of place." Watch this project unfolding at this blog...
- Studio Camera
- Live Studio Cam - Tuesdays/Thursdays: 10:15 AM EST - Duane does a painting live in front of his web cam. The first person to guess what the subject is, as it is being painted, is first in line to buy it for $100.
Duane Keiser on eBay
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Duane Keiser in the Media
Here are some links to the media and review sites that have mentioned Duane Keiser.
- USATODAY.com - Artists take paintings to masses
- Artist/bloggers are democratizing the art world, using the Internet to change the making and selling of art. Dealers and galleries, who command 50% commissions, no longer have exclusive control in defining who is emerging or successful. Now artists...
Duane Keiser on YouTube
These short time lapse videos show the creation of some "painting a day" type paintings.
