MorganKeith Studios provides fantastic art, sculpture and illustration for the game, entertainment and publishing industries. Please visit the Gallery page to view our work.
Patrick Keith
What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed? ---Michelangelo Buonarroti
Truly a Renaissance artist at heart, Patrick began his art at an early age sculpting and drawing. Over the course of his life he has studied and crafted art, music, sculpture, photography, cinematography, animation and audio recording engineering in a desire to develop a variety of skills, interests and techniques. While working at various jobs to pay bills he continued to study and grow as an artist on his own. In 1999 he co-created the Ernor comic series with his wife Vicky.
While working on this and other comic projects he developed skills in desktop publishing using Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXpress. This grew into producing digital paintings and ultimately led to his first game book cover commission with LivingRoom Games. In 2000 Patrick joined the Association of Sci-fi and Fantasy Artists. Since then he has produced work for several clients in the gaming industry including cover, interior and collectible gaming card art. Upon returning from GenCon 2005, Patrick resumed sculpting and endeavored to work through his animosity towards the dreaded "green putty".
After compiling a mountain of reference on the internet he managed to complete his first recognizable miniature figure (not counting the short-lived disaster in sculpting with it ten years previous). Shortly after, Patrick attended the Reaper Artist Conference and participated in a few workshops which solidified his technique and imparted invaluable instruction and tips. He is currently making himself available to miniature companies as a freelance figure designer and sculptor.
Both Patrick and Vicky also participate at irregular intervals with the Asylum Paint Club at Reaper Miniatures.
Awards:
2006 GenCon Painting Competition - 1st Place Sculpted Green Category - Theja Doris
2006 GenCon Painting Competition - 2nd Place Sculpted Green Category - The Greenmaiden
2006 Privateer Press Grand Master Painting Competition - 2nd Place Diorama Category - Cygnar Armory Warjack Factory
2006 Golden Toadstool - June XLVIII (48) 2nd Place - The Everqueen
2006 Golden Toadstool - May XLVII (47) 3rd Place - The Wood Elf King
2006 ReaperCon National Painting Competition - Warlord Unit Category 3rd Place - Wood Elf Archers
2006 Hasslefree's Sculpt a Pirate Competition - Honorable Mention - Pirate Girl 2
2005 New Masters of Fantasy III - 2nd Place in Most Imaginative category for Floating Forest
2005 Selected Artist for Epilogue's New Masters of Fantasy III
2005 Art of the Female Form - 2nd Place for The Offering
2005 ENnie Awards for Best Interior Art - Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved
Interior illustrations by Andrew Brase, Mark Brooks, Kari Christensen, Jason Engle, Patrick Keith, Michael Komarck, Eric Lofgren,Jennifer Meyer, Terese Nielsen, Michael Phillippi, James Ryman, Sam Wood, and Kieran Yanner.
2004 Selected Artist for Epilogue's New Masters of Fantasy II
2003 Selected Artist for Epilogue's New Masters of Fantasy I
2003 Rock*Kon Art Show
Best Sculpture - Laughter
Best Sci-Fi Art - Skyships of Barsaive
Best Computer Art - Skyships of Barsaive
Juried Art Shows:
2004 Dragon*Con Art Show
2003 World Fantasy Convention Art Show
2003 Dragon*Con Art Show
2000 World Fantasy Convention Art Show
Vicky Morgan-Keith
Vicky holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Art along with several hours of computer courses and fire protection courses since 1994. She has been certified by the state of Texas as an EMT Paramedic and held a certification by the state of Texas as a structural firefighter. In 1999 she co-created, drew and published the Ernor comic book series along with her husband Patrick and later completed an original graphic novel in the same setting in 2001. She has also produced several short stories for other publishers including Radio Comix and Shanda Fantasy Arts.
She has also held many occupations over the course of her life, including Tiffany Lamp making stained glass windows and lamps for major chain restaurants, typesetting, computer graphics, desktop publishing, security officer, and firefighter/paramedic for the city of Dallas for four years.
In 2005 Vicky left her position as a Senior Security Officer for a major cosmetic manufacturer to focus full time on her art and to pursue projects through MorganKeith Studios. She has since been studying oil painting and has returned to painting miniature game figures after an insightful weekend at the Reaper Artist Conference. Vicky currently has several figure projects and conversions in the works which are headed for eBay soon.
Awards:
2006 GenCon Painting Competition - 5th Place Large Figure Category - World of Warcraft Wyvern Conversion
2004 Selected Artist for Epilogue's New Masters of Fantasy II
Juried Art Shows:
2004 Dragon*Con Art Show
2003 Dragon*Con Art Show
Clients:
We are proud to have provided work for these fine companies.
Citizen Games
Fantasy Flight Games
Gaming Frontiers Magazine
Hasslefree Miniatures
Impact! Miniatures
Living Room Games
Malhavoc Press
Mongoose Publishing
Radio Comix
Reaper Miniatures
Shanda Fantasy Arts