" ....working in both oil and watercolor, Keane focuses on representing environments of habitation in her prints. She sees these as sacred space, places that reveal the sanctity of those who inhabit them...."
" .... Keane's pictures are figure-based monoprints and monotypes distinguished by a vivacious palette and forceful brushwork. Her abstraction never loses its anchor in realism, but the power of her images derives from patterns and coloring, not from narrative...."
© Maria Keane 2009