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I’m a long-time writer and photographer who is fascinated by visual art.

In December 2023, I left the staff of Eugene Weekly, where I had been arts editor for seven years, having decided it was time to work full time making art, not just writing about it.

Painting and Photography documents my shift from regular employment to becoming a full-time visual artist. I hope you enjoy it.

The art I make is unique. Using a traditional medium – hand-colored black and white photography – in a contemporary way, I've examined such topics as the persistence of old-growth stumps in the Northwestern rain forest and the role of tourism in shaping our relationship to the land.

My work grows out of a fascination with the interplay between the cool Modernist process of photography and the more personal art of painting. My hand-colored photographs are made the old-fashioned way – no Photoshop – using paint and brushes on large black and white prints.

You can see more about me and my work at BobKeeferPhoto.com.

You can subscribe to and read Paint and Photography for free, but I encourage readers to become patrons of this project by signing up for paid subscriptions at $5 a month or $50 a year.

Thanks!