Daily Keemo. 1.30. Ordinary Object

People With Objects #1: A Radio
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It is simple. I love portraits. All of you who follow my work know that is pretty much all I do. Portraits. Yeah, there are stories in there too but that is just part of the portrait. (I will save the long winded tangent about art for another day, possibly over a beer or three.) Well, anyway, this is the first in the "People With Objects" series. All of the portraits in this series will be of real people I know, and yes, people who know me, know who the person in this #1 in the series is. I'm sure I'll be hitting up friends and family and others to pose for the series. (yes, pose, do people still do that for portraits?) I don't know...either way, just having a bit of fun with all this and hope you do too. With that.. Enjoy!

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Daily Keemo. 1.29. One Of Those Weeks

Your Moment Is Left Over From Others Who Were There Before You. (1870)
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It has been one of those weeks. You know the kind. You work too many hours, you come home late, you don't see much of your family, you eat left overs from the fridge standing in front of the sink while everyone is already in bed and the kitchen is lit only from the small light over the stove. You can look at the things spread around the counter and table and get a good idea of what went on around the house while you were gone and you feel peaceful only because it is so quiet and you can't help but relax into everything because you are finally home....Enjoy!

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Daily Keemo. 1.28. 100 Paintings

100 Paintings #2
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I like artwork that creates itself. When the story of the piece actually IS the piece. Now at first glance, some of you may look at this and think, "oh this piece is not very original, that is very pollockesque." I think you might be wrong and let me explain. Since I usually work small, I tend to run off the paper all the time. So, I always work on top of a heavy thick paper surface. (this way I don't get paint all over my desk, table, counter, etc...) This surface travels around with me so I can paint in hotel rooms and airplanes. Well this is that surface that has been used for the last 100 Keemo paintings. So, when I look at this piece I think of the last 100 pieces of artwork and I think of all the hours and days that have gone into this and all the people that have those 100 paintings and how they are spread all around the world from Norway to the UK to Romania to Hong Kong to the USA to Canada to Switzerland and I like to think that whoever has this piece has a little bit of every one of those paintings... Enjoy!

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Daily Keemo. 1.27. Your Moments

Your Moment Is Left Over From Others Who Were There Before You. (1870)
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It has been one of those weeks. You know the kind. You work too many hours, you come home late, you don't see much of your family, you eat left overs from the fridge standing in front of the sink while everyone is already in bed and the kitchen is lit only from the small light over the stove. You can look at the things spread around the counter and table and get a good idea of what went on around the house while you were gone and you feel peaceful only because it is so quiet and you can't help but relax into everything because you are finally home....Enjoy!

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Daily Keemo. 1.26. Night

Everything Is Just Beyond The Shadows Of My Desklamp
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I couldn't sleep last night. I layed in bed and thought about all the stuff going on. (All the stuff that happens beyond the world that you read about in these paintings) There was moonlight coming in from the side of the curtain and it illuminated all the items on the dresser. There is a painting on the wall over the dresser that we bought when we were young and didn't have much. I thought about those time and those days and decided to get out of bed and go downstairs. I stopped in the kitchen and poured a small glass of wine from the bottle that was left over from dinner. The clock on the microwave read 3:19. "It's as good as time as any," I thought and went up to the desk and turned the small desk lamp on and started painting. What does this painting have to do with all this? Well, I suppose it has as much to do with my sleepless night as does the moonlight, the curtain, the items on the dresser, the painting on the wall, those times when we didnt have much, the quiet, the wine bottle, the clock on the microwave, the desk lamp, and the dark house and the brushes and the water that painted it. I suppose that all those things are here, in these colors somewhere. Actually, I'm sure they are...Enjoy!

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Daily Keemo. 1.21. Honesty.

I Have To Be Honest
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I have to be honest. I took some "non-drowsy" cold medicine earlier because I have been feeling like junk all morning. (All the classic cold symptoms. Good fun.) I may have not be drowsy, but man things just aren't right. (Im glad I am not operating any heavy machinery right now.) Anyway, the rest of the house was quiet so I decided to get a little painting done and here is one from the day. You know, now that the non drowsy part is wearing off, I think it is time to go lay on the couch and let the cold do its thing. (Where is that drowsy stuff at?) Maybe pop in something from the David Lynch Lime Green Set and call it a night....Enjoy!

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Daily Keemo. 1.20. Robber.

If I Were A Robber I Would Look Like This.
(I Am Not So I Don't)
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This is one of those portraits that just comes along and it is really just better off without a story. Sometimes they just tell their own story and I think that this is one of those. So, with that... Enjoy!

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Daily Keemo. 1.15.09. She Likes Pink.

She Likes Pink. I Like Black.
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She likes pink. I like black. I guess in some contexts that may say something about our personalities but I dont think it really does. I am sure those two colors imply something different to everyone of us and in many cases may even be considered complete opposites. She likes pink. I like black. Before I started writing this I thought I would use the colors to illustrate the differences between us that are ultimately threaded back together by other more important things but now I am thinking that I have written that story many times before. Actually, I guess I am writing that right now, aren't I? So, I guess I will leave it at that... She likes pink. I like black... Enjoy!

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Daily Keemo. 1.13.09. Red Yellow Green.

The Color Of Movement Is Red Yellow Green
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The table was small. By the window. We sat across from each other for a long time. We talked. There were flowers in between us on the table. There were bluffs of snow out the window behind her. It seems less and less frequent that opportunities like that present themselves. You know, those times when you just sit and talk and don't feel like you have to do anything other than what is happening at that moment. Maybe I should reword that, it seems less and less frequent that I make opportunities like that happen. I know I work too much and these last couple years more than ever. I tell myself there is a reason for all those hours over the paints and working but sitting there at the table with her I have a hard time remembering why those hours are so important. We talked and drank and ate for a long time and outside the world went by in cars and trucks and the street light went on, over and over; red, yellow, green and we sat there still, just the two of us and we just let it all go on ahead without us for a change....Enjoy!

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Daily Keemo. 1.12.09. Kissing Christians.

The Bible Commands Christians To Kiss One Another
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This is the 14th in the "Book of Facts" series. I was going through a bunch of books that were stored away in boxes. I ran across this old book of facts. It is just page after page of facts. After about 2 pages, I thought, "this is perfect!" Well, on this page was one that I was just not expecting to see. "The bible commands Christians to kiss one another. See Romans 16:16." I think that this is one of those cases that a comment by me is not necessary and I'll just let this one go on its own. So, with that...Enjoy!

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