Artist Bio: Joshua David Keenan

Joshua Keenan is an avant-garde artist, tattooist, and graphic designer from East Texas.  Well-traveled, his art has been displayed in both solitary and collaborative art shows in Los Angeles, Denver, Tampa, Dallas, Austin, and Tyler.  He focuses his graphic design on underground and privately-owned organizations, aiming at individuals, self-made companies, bands, events, and non-profit organizations.  

His vibrantly colored, meticulous works often depict a holistic illustration united by detailed images.  Frequently, these images evoke political, philosophical, and spiritual sensibilities.  Josh incorporates natural elements such as trees, mountains, water, plants, and the human face and figure.  His form is highly stylistic, identifiable across works, no matter their medium or content.  Josh manag
es to take everyday experience and exposes the psychedelic.

Josh employs many mediums, but focuses on pen and ink with acrylic. His repertoire of mediums includes homemade ink, watercolor, oil paint, 3D paper design, and clay.  He is highly skilled at digital art, as well, especially for graphic design or to enhance his original works. 

All of the consignments Josh takes are fully customizable.  He takes pains to hand draw graphic design and tattoo work to present to the customer for feedback before completion of the project in its full color and design, frequently checking with his client to make sure that the design is exactly as they desire.  Josh can take a simple idea and make it original, creative, and visually inspiring. 

Josh attended Westwood College in Dallas for art and graphic design.  He currently owns and operates Elephant Ink Tattoo in Canton, Texas.  He lives in Tyler, Texas with his wife and three children.  He enjoys his spare time gardening, organic farming, foraging, hunting, and constructing sustainable-living projects.