About

Ralph Timothy Keeshen

 

I was fortunate to spend time with my grandfather Ralph Wright, who taught me drawing techniques. He was artistic himself, he animated for Disney and was the voice as Eeyore of Winnie the Pooh.

 

My work reaches from coast-to-coast, with interest from landscapes to spatial art.  I was educated at the Forman School in Litchfield, CT for my High School years. My concentration there was in set design/video production. I graduated with honors.

 

I was awarded a scholarship at San Jose State. While there, I created site specific installations in city parks/public spaces. One exhibit stretched for a mile through the city. I pursued wood working/large-scale sculpture graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. While attending San Jose State, my work was exhibited at Scheffield Hallan University in England, where I attended as an exchange student.

 

As a post-graduate, I lived in New York City exploring cityscapes and space through color and geometric form, working with acrylic on canvas. I then spent two decades in Portland, Maine with Mainely Frames Gallery as a master picture framer. During this time I built a 14 foot sailboat and sailed for many years on Casco Bay. This access to the water encouraged a new direction in my work, utilizing an impressionist style of painting.

 

Along the way my interests developed in building maintenance-another venue for using my strong visual and hands on skills.  I am now a facilities coordinator at the Falmouth House at a retirement community, OceanView at Falmouth. I continue exploring woodworking as well as painting.  I live in Falmouth Maine with my wife and our dogs, where I paint landscapes which are a transformation from my earlier geometric works.

 

Painting information

 My paintings are painted with a base of Golden brand black gesso with Liqutex heavy body acrylic in the medium magenta color on top of that. I use 12 oz. Fredrix canvas with the stretched size of 24″x16″ on standard Fredrix stretcher bars. The paintings are then protected with Liqutex varnish and Soluvar.

 

Artist Statement

I have been painting to transfer the feeling of being in a place while working on a sense of light and color.

My work focuses on water scenes as well as city scenes. The water scenes are impressionistic views of a place or location conveying the feeling that flows through me at that time. The city scenes are views of a given place displaying the geometrical elements of a certain location.

My recent work reflects a merging of these views incorporating both elements. Maine presents the perfect backdrop for providing a visually interesting juxtaposition of the energy that the water brings out with the buildings representing time . Using many layers of color in my paintings allows me to convey the energy that light and color represents.

YouTube

I created a channel where I have a quick video about each painting I painted, see them here.

https://www.youtube.com/user/pictureframeman

10 thoughts on “About”

  3. Hi Tim,
    I also live in Falmouth, we bought a painting from you when you were working at a frame shop in Portland. We love it. It’s called Free Street…..!

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  4. Tim, I sent you a message via Messenger, but since we’re not FB friends, you might not see it right away. I am interested in buying a painting, and have several favorites. Please contact me at the email I put in Messenger. Thanks! 
    PS I wish I could paint landscapes! Judy KR

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    • Hi Judy

      I now remember the name from Forman you where a MT teacher from Carpenter Hall I remember the days when we had the first Apple computers Long ago

      I am thrilled you interested in my paintings I been selling my paintings for $1800.00

      I use check or PayPal as means of payment and I pack and ship the paintings to the person

      I still in my infancy in selling them like through a gallery or art dealer but I’m sure that will come

      I been painting for 25 years as I first moved to Maine I been trough a lot and came a long ways on my development as a painter

      In the past two years I been making great progress in my paintings and been able to produce 30 paintings in a year

      I excited about recent developments in my techniques and abilities on portray, light and color

      It be great for me to have one of my Forman teachers to have one of my paintings

      Forman is a special place and I try to go back in May often for Alumni Weekend

      Thank you for reaching out Judy

      Tim

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  5. Hi!! I am sooo happy that I found a way to connect with you! I just received the most beautiful painting of my son’s dogs that you painted through the Animal Refuge League fundraiser! It is beautiful! I am sooo delighted and can’t wait to gift it to my son!! My middle boy has the cutest cat…would have loved to get her painted by you as well!! Thank you!!

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    • Hi Christel

      I am checking in.  I thought that I had messaged you but it looks like I didn’t. 

      My apologies.

      I am touched you had reached out and happy to hear your joy on having another painting!

      I be happy to paint a 5×7 painting on a canvas card for you like I painted for the art event at the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

      In lieu of payment I ask that you make a donation to our furry friends

      https://arlgp.org/donate/make-a-donation/

      Please send a couple of pictures to work with and I be glad to get started 

      My email is my name in lower case letters at yahoo

      I should be able to have it done in six weeks or less

      Thank you Tim 

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