Call And Chain

Keith's works are created with graphite, oil, acrylic and pastel and explore themes of family values, trust, love and friendship. Keith has added subtle earth tones to his usual monochromatic palette, adding: “They are a touch surreal in a dark and beautiful way.”

“This one’s my interpretation of Caravaggio’s 'taking of Christ'. If we refer to the taking of Christs narrative it was Jesus being arrested for preaching and claiming to be the son of God.  In my version, a guy with long hair and beard(similar look to that of Jesus) is being arrested by modern day police. The main character has a tattoo with the words 'god’s gift' could be interpreted as a good looking guy who thinks he is 'god’s gift' or interpreted as son of God!! He has a phone handcuffed to his wrist, which could relate to freedom of speech (in some cases preaching) The police have symbols on their uniform such as 'thought police' and PC Police (politically correct) which relates to the police today being a 'soft touch' with regards to people speaking out compared to biblical times.”