1996, Yellow River, cibachrome photograph, 30 x 40”

1999, Volcano, cibachrome photograph, 30 x 40”

1993, Buried Dreams, cibachrome photograph, 30 x 40”

1997, Eight Months,  cibachrome photograph, 30 x 40”

Kim Keever was born in New York City, where he continues to reside and work. After many years of making paintings, Keever decided to switch to photography after seeing the work of well known artist Cindy Sherman, who is renowned for her photographs of staged scenarios. Keever was also inspired by the work of 19th century American landscape painters from the Hudson River School. This influence is clearly evidence in his creations of miniature, yet grandiose, scenes of natural landscape models in a 100 gallon fish tank in his apartment.

Using materials such as plaster, paint, and clay, the models are then carefully lit with lamps and flooded with water. Colored dyes are added in order to create dramatic environmental effects such as blazing sunsets or dawns. While the resulting photographs of the scenes have the air of images taken for geographical study, they also harbor a sense of theatricality that is usually found in paintings. Keever’s photos harness the excitement of discovering new vistas and previously unexplored worlds.

Kim Keever

1997, Boyhood Drive,  cibachrome photograph, 30 x 40”

1997, Almost Ending,  cibachrome photograph, 30 x 40”

1997, You Were Mine Once,  cibachrome photograph, 30 x 40”