Oil Paintings and Prints of President Obama

President Barack Obama Art Gallery ..
Oil paintings by Ron Keas.-

Ron Keas 1956- Age 13
"I did my first oil painting.
It was a portrait of Lincoln."

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 18 more Obama paintings. This is my "21 painting salute" to President Obama".

See three of Ron's paintings in the new book- "Art For Obama", edited by Shepard Fairey