Piece description from the artist
I have always been interested in multi-panelled pieces with the allusion to Japanese panels and alter triptych. This work brings together some of the pallet I have been using in work in the Middle East with fragments of photo-montage salvaged from my last show. As is often the case there are elements of the earth seen from the sky and elements that work purely in the abstract
Born in 1964, Richard Ketley has been an artist since he was at school and held his first solo exhibition while still a student at Hyde Park High School. Richard holds a MFA in Fine Art from the University of the Witwatersrand.
Like many South African artists he started his career selling paintings on a Sunday at Artists in the Sun, before achieving representation by the Sandton Gallery, Johannesburg. After university he moved to the UK and then Uganda where he held his next major exhibition at the National Gallery in Kampala, Uganda. After a twenty year break he returned to painting in 2010. Since then he has held exhibitions in South Africa, Nigeria, UAE, Ghana and Uganda. Some of his most recent work has been shortlisted for the SA Taxi Art Award (2015 and 2016).
Today, Richard works principally in charcoal, acrylic and oil, and seeks to develop images that are drawn from life but which extend the viewer’s imagination. When he is not painting, he runs a consulting business. He commutes between Johannesburg and Dubai, and travels widely in both Africa and the Middle East.
Represented: XVA Gallery, Dubai
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