Micheal Keane
Limited Edition "Gloucester Schooner Races" 14x35
Limited Edition "Head to Head" 23x31
Limited Edition "Eagle Leading the Fleet" 23x28
Limited Edition "The Tacking Duel" 20x23
Limited Edition "America's Cup 1876" 18x30
Limited Edition "America's Cup 1934" 18x27
Limited Edition "America's Cup 1887" 18x30
Limited Edition "America's Cup 1937" 18x29
Limited Edition "On the Run" 18x27
Limited Edition "Running Home" 18x27
Limited Edition "Brandt Point, Nantucket" 9x29
Limited Edition "Reaching for Nantucket" 18x30
Limited Edition "Wung Out" 18x30
Limited Edition "Catching a Breeze" 13x26
Limited Edition "The Racers" 13x26
Limited Edition "Nantucket Rainbows" 9x35
Limited Edition "On Pleasant Bay" 9x35
Limited Edition "Twilight Calm" 9x19
Limited Edition "Wauwinet" 9x19
Limited Edition "At Coatue" 9x19
Limited Edition "Sunset Cove" 9x19
Limited Edition "Afternoon's Delight" 9x19
Limited Edition "Evening Reflections" 9x19
Limited Edition "Midsummer's Dream" 9x19
Limited Edition "Summer Sunrise" 9x19
Limited Edition "Serenity" 9x19
Giclee "Awaiting the Tide" 11x20
Giclee "Evening Star" 11x20
Limited Edition "Race Day, Nantucket" 18x30
Micheal Keane
Because of the timeless beauty of his work, Michael Keane is one of the most sought-after marine artists in the world today. His solo shows on Nantucket sell out year after year and there is a waiting list for any of his original works.
Keane is a lifelong artist and started painting when he was just a child. He has always had a special affinity for the sight, sound, and rhythm of the ever-changing sea. When he was four years old, the first picture he drew was of a boat. While growing up, he filled his grandmother's home with the ship models the he made and was given extensive instruction in both oil painting and pastels.
After eight years of study with his first painting instructor, he subsequently came under the tutelage of Marshall W. Joyce, a marine painter of some renown. During his years of study with Joyce, Keane was taught many things about the depiction of ships and sea that remain a valuable lesson to this day.
While studying with Mr. Joyce, Keane was concurrently studying portrait and figure painting with a well-known New York portrait artist. The artist was well grounded in classical oil painting, and his influence on Michael opened up whole new dimensions in Keane's marine painting. His work became more and more filled with luminosity and mood. His work grew so much, that his teacher asked him to become a partner, and share studio space in a waterfront loft. During this time period, he also enrolled in university, and majored in visual design.
To support himself during his many years of training, he worked at different occupations. First, he became a boat builder at Boston Whaler. Later, he became interested in cars and became an expert mechanic. He built blueprinted racing engines and racing cars for himself and many others.
After his protracted sojourn into the world of racing cars, he turned his attention again to shipbuilding and spent almost seven years as a Marine Quality Assurance Inspector for General Dynamics. All the while the Michael worked, he also painted. He also taught fine art painting for over fifteen years for many different organizations.
For several decades, Michael Keane has dedicated himself solely to painting and has perfected a synthesis of all his facets of learning and experience. He approaches his art on one level in a workmanlike manner, and on another level with the highest artistic ideals in mind. To him, each painting should be special and elegant. His technical and engineering skills, coupled with his extensive fine arts background, make him uniquely qualified as a fine marine artist in the American tradition.
Keane has won numerous awards and honors for his paintings, including the Official Artist for Operation Sail 2000’s Commemorative Magazine and the R.J. Schaefer Award of Excellence at the Mystic International Juried Show. His original works and limited edition prints have been in museum exhibitions along both coats of the United States.
They are proudly displayed in private collections, corporate collections and galleries around the world. Michael Keane and his works have been featured in Yachting, Motor boating & Sailing, U.S. Art, Sea Classics, Cape Cod Life and various other publications.
"Each painting that you do, should reflect the best that you can do. Art should elevate life, should lift it, and let you see it in a special way that you've never seen before."
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