PELF
2014
CRAYON ON PAPER
19" X 24"
TEXT ABSTRACTION 2 (PUTCHER)
2014
CRAYON ON PAPER
15" X 24"
PUTCHER
2014
CRAYON ON PAPER
19" X 24"
TEXT ABSTRACTION 1 (TOUSE)
2014
CRAYON ON PAPER
19" X 24"
HOICE SMOW
2012
GRAPHITE ON PAPER
18" X 24"
TOUSE
2014
CRAYON ON PAPER
19" X 24"
SOUGH
2014
CRAYON ON PAPER
23" X 42"
GIGLET
2013
SCREEN PRINT ON PAPER
22" X 28"
GLEEP
2013
CRAYON ON PAPER
19" X 40"
PALPS
2013
SCREEN PRINT ON PAPER
22" X 28"
CHOUSE
2013
CRAYON ON PAPER
14.5" X 40"
HOOSH
2013
SCREENPRINT ON PAPER
22" X 28"
BRANKS
2014
CRAYON ON PAPER
20" X 52"
SPULL
2012
CRAYON ON PAPER
9.25" X 20.5"
FISTLE
2012
CRAYON ON PAPER
18"X24"
GLONKER
2012
GRAPHITE ON PAPER
30" X 62"
I Played Another Chicken Bone and Got Another Think
2006
Colored Pencil on Paper
23 x 29 inches
KK11
Gubbins
2006
Colored Pencil on Paper
23 x 29 inches
KK10
Untitled
2007
Cut Paper
12 x 12 inches
KK7
Keith Kostecki
Born: 1969, Joliet, IL
Lives and works in Chicago
Education
2003 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1992 BFA, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana
Exhibitions
2008 Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 Tidbit Gallery, Portland, OR
Artist Statement
I would like my work to reflect some sense of the awe and wonder I have toward the visual world around me, especially the tiny, fragile oddments that easily go unnoticed. I obsessively collect bottles, candy, bits of string, toys, fragments of rusty metal, dead insects, bones, teeth, feathers, pieces of old wood, rocks, etc. The art I make is an attempt to pay homage to the mystery and beauty these objects hold for me.
To do this I am compelled to spend extreme amounts of time and effort on what I make. The process necessarily involves meticulous control of the tools I use: very sharp crayons, pencils, or X-acto knives. I begin a piece by working on one small area until it is complete. I gradually move out from that point, intuitively completing small adjoining areas. The composition slowly and self-consciously evolves. The piece is finished when all the space is filled.