Lot 52

Paint loss seen on lower centre edge approximately 3cm long. Light surface dust has settled. Aside from the paint loss, work is in very good condition.


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Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney 2014
Private collection, Melbourne

The Blue Room, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney 5 – 31 July 2014, cat. no. 1
Keeling stages her narrative by first photographing and sketching her models in a domestic setting. Each painting's scene in The Blue Room suite unfolds in the same blue room. The photography is integral to her working process as it captures fleeting moments of light and shadow. Keeling then skillfully employs rich pigments and layers of thin glazes to create her precise paintings.
The suite of paintings in The Blue Room moves away from evoking a drama reminiscent of Hitchcock and film noir, and focuses on the atmosphere that light and shadow play in transforming the pose of the female nude.