Last Kiss 10 Keyes

[jamel-d]

Getting antsy about this one.

You need to update your avatar. Seems you're all tuckered out, now.

[rubberneck]

Getting antsy about this one.

You need to update your avatar. Seems you're all tuckered out, now.

Someone...give that whale a cigarette....!

[jjbehren]

Getting antsy about this one.

Take it here folks:

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This should get locked before it gets real messy.

[ceevee]

Hadn't seen this posted here. A little insight from Mr. Keyes regarding Last Kiss:

That painting was a key piece in the LeVine show and also has an important personal meaning for me. I am always a little wary of sharing my intended interpretations with people as most everyone has his or her own idea of what is going on in a picture. But I think I should share my thoughts about this piece with you.

If you are like me you are starting to take notice of your body beginning to creak more often than it used to. Your memory is not as sharp as it used to be. You are basically on the door step to mid life. Like the car you drove as a teenager you still have it but it is getting rusty and needs more maintenance than it used to, and you can't trade it in, not yet until the brilliant scientists perfect transhuman technology.

So for me the piece is foreshadowing a state of being that is on the horizon, and common to all. It is about becoming comfortable with letting go of the body or specifically identifying with the physical body. The humming birds could represent the personality, spirit, or soul. In a nutshell, it is an honoring and letting go of the body, realizing that it is temporal and its ok to watch it go over time, and to turn the focus of our identity on that bright energy within, for me I often feel my mind is like a flock of humming birds, darting this way and that to ideas and emotions. The birds are saying goodbye to the body.

[alteridiom]

After reading that I'm even more glad I was able to get one of these. Simply beautiful. I won't look at it the same.

[Blackheart]

It's easy to love Josh and his unique view of the world.....

He is what an artist should be
Imho

[srdzevon]

After reading that I'm even more glad I was able to get one of these. Simply beautiful. I won't look at it the same.

ditto. thanks for the quote.

[jester]

Man I really wanted one of these, great work, but what a crazy hour during the on sale....

[phearloathing]

After reading that I'm even more glad I was able to get one of these. Simply beautiful. I won't look at it the same.

ditto. thanks for the quote.

Double ditto and double thanks for the quote.

[gonzo303]

I wish I could find my camera. The jpeg does this no justice. Such a beautiful print in person!

[comountaingolf]

I wish I could find my camera. The jpeg does this no justice. Such a beautiful print in person!

Pretty much the case with every Keyes print... when I opened Lifted I got hard... when I finally picked up the Call I, almost busted a mini-nut. Guy has skills and their master printer know his chit.

to Mr. Keyes... and then he does an AP giveaway for the hell of it? Artists should take note... makes (missing out on) art fun again

[gonzo303]

Ya now it makes me want Guardian I even more as well!

[mattlew69]

this is beautiful in person, looks just a painting, and the paper is softer than my sheets! very well done!

thanks josh and the david smith gallery!

[gonzo303]

Congrats on AOTW!!!

[Codeblue]

His first eva.