Bio
Keith Kusler (b. 1972 United States) is a self taught artist working in Waco, Texas. He is the Art Director for the Greater Waco Chamber and has been a graphic designer for 30 years.
He earned a Commercial Art and Advertising degree from Texas State Technical Institute in 1991.
Keith's paintings start at the hardware store. Painting with acrylic paint on birch panels since the 1990s, Keith prefers working on board due to its durability and the ability to have the natural wood grain show through whenever desired.
Ten years ago, a friend described his style as Post-Modern Western, and that still sounds true. Kusler's work creates stories that walk a line between pop cartoon cowboys to Old West romanticism without too much regard for rules or the need to be too serious.
Artist Statement
Sure, I talk to myself, but I’m not crazy. Somewhere up in my brain, gathered around a campfire, there are lonesome cowboys, dead presidents, horses and buffalos, or maybe even an octopus discussing which one would want to come out next. These characters yearn for a simpler, more romantic period of time in our American history. I think of my paintings as stories that start, I set the stage with a character, a setting, a tone - but then it is up to you, the viewer, to interpret the scene. I believe that the beauty for me is in the story that continues with you. I hope that when you view my work it will bring you the same joy that it brings me to make it. I hope you smile (the octopus told me to say that).