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Artist: Keith Morris

After graduating with a Fine Arts degree from Louisiana Tech University, Keith did his graduate work at Penn State studying Art and Architecture History in both State College, PA and Rome, Italy where he held a “low level” part time job at the Vatican Museum, directing “lost” English speaking visitors to the Sistine Chapel. Returning to Baton Rouge, he worked as a designer and was a partner in “Interior Design Associates.” He jokes that he made too much money as a designer and took education classes at LSU to gain the accreditation necessary to teach Art, Drafting, Bible, and Humanities classes at Christian Life Academy for eleven years. In the 1990’s after the fall of Communism in the USSR, he moved to Siberia with his wife Cindy, for four years to plant a church in the city of Tomsk, Russia. “There was little time for painting in Russia, besides my paint would always freeze! In case you are wondering, I didn’t grow up wanting to live in Siberia, but it was the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done.”

It is obvious that satisfying his various aptitudes and interests has been a lifelong journey for Keith. Now that Louisiana is home once again, life and work are a combination of all these experiences. In recent years he has worked as a design consultant, art restoration consultant and artist, live event “wedding artist,” and a studio artist in Baton Rouge. He loves to travel with his wife and daughters to build memories and broaden horizons. He is currently an Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Baton Rouge, a member of the Global Missions committee, a member of “Studio 9170” where he is ever attuned to the Siren’s Song of his paint, brushes, paper, and glue. His favorite medium is paper collage, but he also works in both acrylic and oil “depending on the phases of the moon” if you must have a reason.

Keith is currently represented locally by Acadian Frame and Art and currently lives in a ninety-year-old raised wooden house in a flower garden in Baton Rouge.