President Barack Obama Art Gallery ..
Oil
paintings by Ron Keas.-As
seen on the front page of Sunday's New York Times
Ron Keas in front of his oil painting
titled:
"Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow."
Ron is America's most prolific President
Barack Obama Artist
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"Destiny"
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Welcome to my website. My name
is Ron Keas. I live in beautiful Lake
County California on the shore of Clear Lake. I was a photographer
in the Navy in the 60's, and I've been a professional artist/photographer
for over 40 years. For the past 20 years I have been known for my
paintings of Marilyn Monroe, and most recently for my portraits of Princess
Diana. (Coffee table books available on Amazon.com "Marilyn
in Art" & "Diana in Art".)
As a young Democrat in San Jose
California, I had the honor of shaking hands with John Kennedy when he
visited San Jose on the Campaign trail. As an art student I
did many oil portraits of President Kennedy. When Barack Obama's
Presidential campaign began, he inspired me in much the same way John Kennedy
did, and I began painting a series of oil paintings of President Obama
and his family.
During the Democratic Convention,
graphic artist/designer Shepard Fairey, who produced the Red and blue Obama
graphics poster, invited me to display my first 3 paintings of Barack Obama
at the Manifest Hope Gallery in Denver. Since then, I have painted
17 more Obama paintings. My Manifest Hope Gallery paintings will
be featured in a new book by Shepard Fairey, to be published between Thanksgiving
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