Unstretched Canvas on a Blue Chair by Keith Burt.
Keith Burt's painting practice has developed a highly recognisable motif, not in the subjects per se, but in the application of paint on canvas. His figurative paintings, whether portraits or landscape studies, with their downward linear strokes of the brush, seem to capture and model otherwise elusive shafts of light.
Burt has a strong background in animation for computer gaming, and later moved into illustration. His work has appeared on the cover of the Big Issue, and as small sharp, black and white cartoons in the Queensland Art Gallery's Artlines magazine. The skill of deftly creating character and animating it can be registered in the detailed idiosyncrasies he allows in compositions of place or person or weather.
BIO
Moving from Melbourne to Brisbane in 2008, the high contrast, bright colours and deep shadows, made an impact. Burt has held solo exhibitions at Metro Arts, Brisbane in 2009 and 2010, and has consistently been involved in group exhibitions and art prizes. He has undertaken numerous public art commissions in Brisbane, including for the Mater Hospital, as well as completing many private portrait and landscape commissions.
