Warren Keyser

"On a spiritual level, I am painting more than flesh. The act of painting is a connection to the sacred and the profane."
-Warren Keyser

Warren Keyser was introduced to painting when he was 13 years old. His junior high school teacher, Joseph Pavone, offered to provide private painting lessons at Radcliffe Art Gallery in Bristol, PA. He continued his studies under artists including Alan Goldstein, Robert Dodge, Stan Merz, and Murray Dessner. He earned his Bachelor of Art in Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. Keyser describes his work as distinct, progressive, and spontaneous, often featuring people as the main subject. Keyser describes his artistic style as blurred realism, combining accurate representations of his subjects with blurred lines and overlapping shapes that fuse the background with the subject. Keyser's artwork has been featured in Bucks County and Philadelphia, PA and accepted into several juried group shows in Yardley and New Hope, PA. Keyser has had solo shows in Philadelphia, PA and Stockton, NJ. His paintings are in the collections of Philadelphia radio host Andre Gardner and Baltimore author Eric Goodman.

Education and Training
Radcliffe Art Gallery, Bristol, Pennsylvania, 1984
Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pennsylvania, 1989
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992
B.F.A., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995
M.B.A., Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003

Teachers and Influences
Teachers:
Joseph Pavone, Radcliffe Art Gallery, Bristol, Pennsylvania
Alan Goldstein, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pennsylvania
Jan Baltzell, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Murray Dessner, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stan Merz, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Influences:
Eric Fischl, Picasso, Matisse, Caravaggio, John Singer Sargent, Yoshitoshi, Hokusai, Egon Schiele, Goya, and Richard Upton Pickman

Colleagues and Affiliations
Painter Alan Goldstein is a friend and a critic.
Keyser has worked at the Robert Beck Academy since 2012.

Connection to Bucks County
Keyser has been a resident of Bucks County since 1969. Warren lived on a property in Bucks County once owned by painter Taylor Oughton.

Group Exhibitions
Mascara (Mask), Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2011
Real and Imagined, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2011
4th Annual Juried Exhibition , Manayunk Roxborough Arts Center, Manayunk, Pennsylvania, 2012
Naked in New Hope, Sidetracks Gallery, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 2012, 2015
Spontaneous, Delaware River Mill Society, Stockton, New Jersey, 2013
The Human Form, Gallery 25N, Fishkill, New York, 2015

Collections
Andre Gardner, Philadelphia Radio Host
Eric Goodman, Baltimore Author