About | Deanne McKeown

A Bit About Me

I find inspiration for my sculpture in the wildlife and cultures of the high desert of Arizona and in ancient folklore and magic. I never really know entirely what will happen when I begin a piece. It is something of a negotiation with ideas, materials, and chance. It grows into what it wants to be. The inspiration for an idea may come from any number of directions. It could come through reading, poetry, a dream, or simply stimulated by the dialogue presented by a previous work. It’s important to be present, open to any stimulus.

I often incorporate found objects in my work. Sometimes they are the beginning of an idea, sometimes they find their way into a work during process. I am drawn to interesting associations - the animal characters in my work are frequently metaphors for human thought and behavior and often become humorous or whimsical.

Each idea is a challenge to be met - a struggle to bring an incomplete and intangible thought process to a visible form that satisfies my mind, and at the time, meets my expectations as a form of communication with others.

In the end, it’s all about the making. It’s wonderful if a piece connects with others but if not, I’d do it anyway. However, it is with a sense of wonder and pleasure that I realize my work finds homes with people that I may never meet, who will live intimately and connect with, some part of the thought and process I experienced while creating each piece.

Current Exhibitions

2024

Woolaroc Museum

Invitational exhibition

Galleries

Van Gogh's Ear Gallery
Montezuma Street
Prescott, AZ 86301
928.776.1080

McBride Gallery
215 Main Street
Annapolis ,MD 21401
410. 267. 7077

Sedona Arts Center
15 Art Barn Rd
Sedona, AZ 86336
928.282.3809

K Newby Gallery
15 Tubac Rd,
Tubac, AZ 85646
520.398.9662

Enchantment Gallery
Enchantment Resort
525 Boyton Canyon Road
Sedona, AZ 86336
928.282.2900

Exhibitions and Awards

2022

2023

Women Artists of the West, 53st Annual Exhibition

Carriage House Gallery, Newton, KS

Cowgirl Up Exhibition, Desert Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
American Women Artists Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, SC
The Crow Show, Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA

Cherry Award for Creativity - Signature
American Art Collector Award of Excellence, "Neither Fish Nor Fowl"

Women Artists of the West, 52st Annual Exhibition McBride Gallery,

Annapolis, MD.

Cowgirl Up Exhibition, Desert Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
American Women Artists Exhibition, Customs House, TN
The Crow Show, Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA
41st Cheyenne Western Spirit Show, Cheyenne, WY
Breckinridge Fine Arts Center Juried Show, Breckinridge, TX
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Laguna Arts Center, Politics Show, Laguna, CA

2021

Third Prize, 3D, "Wilbur and Orville"

Women Artists of the West, 51st Annual Exhibition

Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, TX.

1st Prize, "Ship of State"

D'Art Center For The Arts, Norfolk VA

Cowgirl Up Exhibition, Desert Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
American Women Artists "Lifting up the Sky" Exhibition
4oth Cheyenne Western Spirit Show, Cheyenne, WY
Sedona Arts Center Family Exhibition and "Souls of Forgotten

Objects" Exhibition

Toronto International "Pets" Exhibition
Gallerium.Art International Exhibition

2020

Creativity Award, "Birds of a Feather" Permanent Collection

Sedona Arts Center Member's Exhibition, Sedona, AZ

First Prize, 3D "Ship of State, II"

Women Artists of the West, 50th Anniversary Exhibition

Settler's West Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Cowgirl Up Exhibition, Desert Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
American Women Artists Exhibition, Spring Online Show
American Women Artists, Booth Museum of Western Art, Cartersville, GA
39th Cheyenne Western Spirit Show, Wind River Exhibition, Dubois, WY
Vanessa Lacy 3rd Annual Small Works Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
Sedona Arts Center, Magic and Dreams Show
Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum of Art, Wausau, WI
Artists in Arizona, Summer Online Show

2019

The Crow Show, The Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA
American Women Artists 49th Annual Exhibition, Steamboat Springs, CO.
Women Artists of the West 48th Annual Exhibition, Boulder, CO
Cowgirl Up Invitational Exhibition, Wickenburg, AZ
Sedona Arts Center Featured Artist Exhibition, Sedona, AZ
Women Artists of the West, Spring Online Show

2018

Purchase Prize, "Forest Spirits, II" Varum Ultimum Gallery, Portland OR,
Award of Merit, "Chorus Line" American Women Artists Juried Online Show,
Awarded Member of Distinction

Women Artists of the West, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD

Sedona Arts Center Featured Artist Exhibition, Sedona, AZ
Cowgirl Up Invitational Exhibition, Desert Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
The Crow Show, The Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA
d'Art Center For the Arts,

Other Awards
Sedona Arts Center 2013, Second Prize, Sculpture
Sedona Arts Center 2011, First Prize, Sculpture
Leigh Yawkey Museum, Birds in Art 2010 Exhibition, Purchase Award
Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT, 2008, First Prize,

Sculpture and Purchase Award

Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ, 2009 Marilyn Sunderman Creativity

Award

Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ, 2008 Marilyn Sunderman Creativity

Award

Sedona Arts Center, First Prize, Sculpture, 2006, Best of Show Award
Mill Gallery AAWA Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, First Prize, Sculpture

Affiliations

National Sculpture Society

American Women Artists

Signature Member

Women Artists of the West

Signature Member

Published Books

1979

1st Edition Association of Medical Illustrators

Manual of Gynecological Surgery

Byron J. Masterson, MD, Ph.D

1986

Award of Excellence 2nd Edition

Manual of Gynecological Surgery

Published by Springer-Verlag

New York/Heidelberg/Berlin

1989

Manual of Pulmonary Surgery

Edward W. Humphrey, MD, Ph.D

Deanne McKeown, Co-Author

Published by Springer-Verlag

New York/Heidelberg/Berlin

1990

Human Physiology

Vander, Sherman, Luciano

Fifth Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill. Inc. USA