The Art of Patrick O’Keefe
Some artists plan out their careers in detail. The path ahead is clear. Others stray from their chosen route; the road ahead forks, divides and backtracks. Patrick O’Keefe is in the latter category. He’s managed to work across video games, films, animation, fine art and advertising, and it doesn’t look like he’s slowing down. “I always assumed I had a plan, but the plan always seemed to change,” he tells us.
As a child Patrick would draw and paint on anything. When sketchbooks filled up he’d use a wall or a wooden plank. At school he was asked, as we all have been, what do you want to be? “A cartoon,” he replied. Like many he knew he wanted to be an artist from an early age. Growing up, his home was filled with paintings and drawings by his grandmother, as well as all the art books she had gathered over her life. His older brother is also an artist, “and like any annoying younger sibling
