{"id":24287,"date":"2025-08-03T22:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T22:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/?p=24287"},"modified":"2025-08-04T01:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:19:11","slug":"keran-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/2025\/08\/03\/keran-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Keran Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24287\" class=\"elementor elementor-24287\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-111c18f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"111c18f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c46da27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c46da27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 22-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Where do you live: City of Melbourne, Australia.<br \/>Your education: Swinburne University<br \/>Describe your art in three words: Life. Soul. Heart.<br \/>Your discipline: Photo-based.<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/keranwoods.com\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/keran_woods\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ef322c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ef322c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef336eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef336eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24273 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Keran-Woods-Manhattan-Rescue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Keran-Woods-Manhattan-Rescue.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Keran-Woods-Manhattan-Rescue-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Keran-Woods-Manhattan-Rescue-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Keran-Woods-Manhattan-Rescue-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Keran-Woods-Manhattan-Rescue-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Keran Woods | Manhattan Rescue<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">You\u2019ve worked as a creative director in major advertising agencies. How has this experience influenced your personal photography and visual art practice?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advertising celebrates the creative process and the importance of a visual language to capture a mood and feeling. My personal work allows me to explore, go further and to create. I enjoy pushing the boundaries like a release, a sense of freedom.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your personal projects often carry a surreal or unexpected twist. What draws you to this kind of imagery?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am drawn to life\u2019s everyday images, what we see and what we imagine and how the our mind see\u2019s the world.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">How do you balance commercial work with personal artistic expression?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Commercial and personal have a similar process exploring ideas\u2026one works with a brief, the other working from the heart.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">What role does illustration play in your overall creative process?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illustration is the foundation of my work\u2026drawing with light and shade knowing what to add what to leave out. None of my work is Ai-Generated.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24274 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Keran-Woods-Williamsberg-Runway.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Keran-Woods-Williamsberg-Runway.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Keran-Woods-Williamsberg-Runway-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Keran-Woods-Williamsberg-Runway-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Keran-Woods-Williamsberg-Runway-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Keran-Woods-Williamsberg-Runway-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Keran Woods | Williamsberg Runway<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">You split your time between Melbourne and Manhattan \u2014 how do these two cities shape your artistic vision?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Melbourne is my familiar space everyday life on tap and changing my backdrop to Manhattan a city full of surprise and inspiration every second, I love the architecture the cars and the melding pot of people.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the \u201cManhattan Rescue\u201d image, the blending of urban environment with surreal elements is striking. Can you tell us the story or concept behind it?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">NoHo streetscape collides with the surf capturing the energy of the water as it fills the street\u2026 adding a sense of urgency with the running swimmer punctuating the energy of life in Manhattan.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">In \u201cWilliamsburg Runway,\u201d repetition and identity seem to play a role. Was this a staged concept or spontaneous moment?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spontaneous moment on the Williamsburg bridge, crossing paths with a blonde beauty on her daily commute transforming the bridge into a runway moment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do you live: City of Melbourne, Australia.Your education: Swinburne UniversityDescribe your art in three words: Life. Soul. 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