Keith Lord - Online Portfolio

During packing in preparation for the move, I had a chance to look over some of my old paintings and sketchbooks. In part this was down to nostalgia but mostly it was down to a problem I have that I have been trying to overcome.

This problem is a big case of being burned out.

Year ago I used to love painting, it wasn’t about what I painted it was the act itself that I enjoyed. Don’t get me wrong I liked trying new techniques out, experimenting with colours and concepts, but it was the actual painting that was at the core of it all.
Over the years I grew disinterested in the Art scene, I found most of it to be tiresome, pretentious and quite frankly, full of crap.

I put down the paintbrush and it has been many years since I have picked it up again, I moved on utilizing the interest I had in graphic design and illustration which in turn lead me into web design.
But I still find myself yearning for the days of old where I enjoyed painting, enjoyed art, so I have been looking over my old work trying to find that spark to fuel.

I found one of the pieces where I had started experimenting with colour and found myself pondering expanding on it albeit in a digital format.

Despite being stupidly busy at the moment with all the Visa a moving issues, it is definitely something I have and shall continue to look into, thus far it lead me to this creating this piece called iRIS;

Hopefully I can get over this burnout and find the spark I’ve been missing for so long.

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