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| − | : | + | Keith Rosson was born in Ashdown, Arkansas. Formative years spent in the Pacific Northwest. Education at Cornish College of the Arts and Portland State University. Graduated at neither. With a heavy nod to comic book culture and a cut-and-paste punk aesthetic, Keith Rosson's paintings are simultaneously droll and incendiary; he tackles emotional, universal themes with a dark, tongue-in-cheek gallows humor. Bright, text-heavy and immediately recognizable, Rosson's acrylic paintings often utilize secondary elements that most often include ink and correction fluid, as well as bullets, teeth, nails, switchblades and cell phones and has led one critic to claim that, "(Rosson) continues putting out the finest graphic novels distilled into paintings in the Pacific Northwest."<br> |
| | + | I've been drawing and writing since I was a tyke, you know? Grew up on comic books. Kindergarten: drew stickfigure Spider-Man saving people from burning buildings, all that. All day long. After getting into punk when I was thirteen, it was like a shot in the eyeball, creatively. I just took off, drawing-wise; there was a whole wide world out there. Early inspirations: Mad Marc Rude, Blackmarket fanzine, Bill Seinkewicz, Pushead, Jae Lee, Raymond Pettibon, Geoff Darrow, Subhumans LPs Rats and The Day The Country Died. My first "published" illustration was the 1993 Andorra Records compilation 7" Nowhere Street. 499 copies were made; I have #082/499 and one of 3 test pressings. It's a pretty bad comp, and, fittingly, the cover is awful; I had just turned sixteen when I drew it. Still, the event and opportunity itself was pretty amazing, and it got me hooked.<br> |
| | + | Step forward a decade plus: I've kept drawing. Have since done illustrations for countless zines, posters and catalogs, a handful of books, seven or eight records and as many shirts. Current inspirations: Mike Bukowski, Nathan Beaty, Cristy Road, Nate Powell, Mike Sutfin. <br> |
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| | == Contact == | | == Contact == |
Latest revision as of 04:30, 26 August 2008
About
- Rosson, Keith
Keith Rosson was born in Ashdown, Arkansas. Formative years spent in the Pacific Northwest. Education at Cornish College of the Arts and Portland State University. Graduated at neither. With a heavy nod to comic book culture and a cut-and-paste punk aesthetic, Keith Rosson's paintings are simultaneously droll and incendiary; he tackles emotional, universal themes with a dark, tongue-in-cheek gallows humor. Bright, text-heavy and immediately recognizable, Rosson's acrylic paintings often utilize secondary elements that most often include ink and correction fluid, as well as bullets, teeth, nails, switchblades and cell phones and has led one critic to claim that, "(Rosson) continues putting out the finest graphic novels distilled into paintings in the Pacific Northwest."
I've been drawing and writing since I was a tyke, you know? Grew up on comic books. Kindergarten: drew stickfigure Spider-Man saving people from burning buildings, all that. All day long. After getting into punk when I was thirteen, it was like a shot in the eyeball, creatively. I just took off, drawing-wise; there was a whole wide world out there. Early inspirations: Mad Marc Rude, Blackmarket fanzine, Bill Seinkewicz, Pushead, Jae Lee, Raymond Pettibon, Geoff Darrow, Subhumans LPs Rats and The Day The Country Died. My first "published" illustration was the 1993 Andorra Records compilation 7" Nowhere Street. 499 copies were made; I have #082/499 and one of 3 test pressings. It's a pretty bad comp, and, fittingly, the cover is awful; I had just turned sixteen when I drew it. Still, the event and opportunity itself was pretty amazing, and it got me hooked.
Step forward a decade plus: I've kept drawing. Have since done illustrations for countless zines, posters and catalogs, a handful of books, seven or eight records and as many shirts. Current inspirations: Mike Bukowski, Nathan Beaty, Cristy Road, Nate Powell, Mike Sutfin.
(Source - Goodfoot Gallery)
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