Margaret Keane
Margaret Keane
Margaret D. H. Keane is an American artist. Creator of the "big eyed waifs", Keane is famous for drawing paintings with big eyes and mainly paints women, children, and animals in oil or mixed media...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth15 September 1927
CountryUnited States of America
became bigger children imaginary large portraits rather
In the beginning, I started doing portraits of children, and of course, children have large eyes. For some reason, they just started getting bigger and bigger. Then, when I started painting imaginary children rather than real ones, they became bigger still.
picasso until
I didn't really start appreciating Picasso until a few years back. I didn't like him at all. But now I can see this world is crazy.
gifts god
I would like to think all our gifts and talents and abilities come from God.
artists fact hid people
I didn't want people to know that I was an artist. I was ashamed. I thought artists were weird, crazy people, you know. So I always kind of hid the fact that I was an artist.
drawing eyes fascinated
I was always drawing eyes, even as a child. Eyes fascinated me.
either love paintings people seem
People either hate my paintings or they love them. There does not seem to be much middle ground.
husband home years
For many years I had allowed my second husband to take credit for my paintings. But one day, unable to continue the deception any longer, I left him and my home in California and moved to Hawaii.
blessing names able
I'm able to sign my name to the paintings. That is really a blessing.