Don Keenan
Painting a subject without their knowing it, a surprise portrait, is always fraught with danger… and in the case of Don Keenan, doubly so. A larger than life character, electrifying, the trial lawyer community with his “Reptile Theory” of practice, a TV personality, renowned children’s advocate, often to be found unshaved wearing shorts, T-shirt, and always those sunglasses. An ex-marine of Irish blood and creator of the Kids Foundation and Bono aficionado. All this and more went into this painting. It was with relief that I saw it was warmly and enthusiastically received at its unveiling in Houston. Kudos to the courage of the man brave enough to commission this painting!
Painting a subject without their knowing it, a surprise portrait, is always fraught with danger… and in the case of Don Keenan, doubly so. A larger than life character, electrifying, the trial lawyer community with his “Reptile Theory” of practice, a TV personality, renowned children’s advocate, often to be found unshaved wearing shorts, T-shirt, and always those sunglasses. An ex-marine of Irish blood and creator of the Kids Foundation and Bono aficionado. All this and more went into this painting. It was with relief that I saw it was warmly and enthusiastically received at its unveiling in Houston. Kudos to the courage of the man brave enough to commission this painting!
Don Keenan
Keenan, Don. 16" x 20". 2015. Collection of Keenan Law Firm. Atlanta, GA. Portrait on canvas. Commissioned by HMR Funding, Dean Chase.
Keenan, Don. 16" x 20". 2015. Collection of Keenan Law Firm. Atlanta, GA. Portrait on canvas. Commissioned by HMR Funding, Dean Chase.


Themis
SOTEIRA the Saving Goddess.
Themis reigns in Olympus as Divine Justice and Chief Assessor of all humanity. The rights of hospitality are under her protection and hence she defends the homeless and oppressed. Her parents are the Greek deities Uranus and Gaea. With Zeus, she mothered the Horae or seasons and the Morae or fates, who enforce her jurisdiction.
Themis makes only a few rare appearances in art history, but in each her presence and demeanor are striking. She is the charioteer on the north frieze of the Siphnian Treasury at Delphic. She holds bay branch and phiale in a red-figured cup from the 5th century B.C Her relaxed demeanor in the presence of the great God Zeus is only possible because she controls the Delphic Oracle, a powerful position in ancient Greece.
Themis. 18" x 18". 2012. Collection of the artist. Montreal, Canada.