“The sketchbook is as an essential part of the creative process for many artists and makers. In a literal sense it is a portable tool, ready to record, jot down, sketch, and collect ideas as they emerge. It is usually private space, for exploring freely, developing ideas over time and experimenting with new materials and…

In March 2022, Keith will be part of a group show, ‘David Greenslade and Supreme Collaborators’ at Volcano Theatre in Swansea. The exhibition is a collection of people the writer and poet David Greenslade has collaborated with and includes a selection of artists, writers, photographers, television presenters – including Desmond Morris of Naked Ape fame!!…

‘Society cares about the individual only insofar as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter upon social life matches the anguish of the old as they are excluded from it.’ Opening on 27th May, Keith will be part of this group exhibition being developed by curators Bella Kerr & Amanda…

“The present situation has not altered the making of art for me. It has sharpened its focus.”

Keith Bayliss Q&A with Roderick & Jones in February 2021.

Portrait of Keith Bayliss in his studio. Photograph by Bernard Mitchell

Keith’s casts of angels, fools, child-adults and voyagers are innocents adrift in a world we view with a sense of wonder, because he has the artist’s gift of enabling us see it as they do. While their bodies are often presented as frail and schematic, their faces are beautiful and brimming with humanity, because he…