Art

"I love how Keith E Lee describes modern musical annihilation through illustration: the modern attachment to the past which we breathe every day; the extreme conviction of some, that nothing good exists today and nothing good will happen in the future. Is this not a story we've already heard? The deliberate classification, demonization and ultimately, the derision of new musical expressions? The nostalgic never die. His use of comic, black and white, text and image criticizes this situation in a calm and veiled manner. He presents humor, satire and sarcasm in a non-convective and modern style. Keith E Lee's illustrations have the effect of a bullet exploded at close range." - August 2, 2017 Felix Lombardo at rrrabitblog.com

Hover/tap an image to see it's title. Hover/tap outside to return to the image. All works are pen & ink on paper.

Washington Shh

Washington Shh!

Sketch of Sun Ra with song lyric Calling Planet Earth

Space Is The Place

Betty Page

Betty Page

Colonel Sanders with his white goatee holds a fried chicken thigh

Colonel Sanders

Early Keith work for Omagod Zine

Omagod Zine

The Candy Man: Sammy Davis, Jr.

The Candy Man

Marilyn Monroe head portrait

Marilyn Monroe

open cigarette carton with a smiling President Richard Nixon on it

Tricky Dick's Cancer Sticks

John Wayne

The Duke

Wolfman Jack wears a nightgown while holding a candle

Wolfman Jack

a skinhead with the letters DUB tattooed on his forehead

Dub

A cheerleader with horns on her head

Team Satan

Molly's drawing of a snake becomes 3-dimensional poised to bite her

Molly Draws Snakefinger

smiling man with dark hair, a goatee and bandaids on his face

From The One That Cut You

Self portrait of Keith peaking through window blinds and thinking, that's a nice looking lawn

Suburbia

Snoop Dog and Willie Nelson

Snoop and Willie

Duos We Want To See

Keith Lee stands with arms crossed under an exit sign with two skinheads in the foreground

Uniforms

George Clinton and Bill Clinton

Clintons

Duos We Want To See

Jason wearing sunglasses holds toddler Logan while standing in a lake

Jason and Logan

Familiar KK33 Keith image

King Kill 33 associated image

Amy with long dark hair holds baby Sigrid

Amy and Sigrid

Anita bottle feeds baby called America

Anita and America

Dagny wears a ribbon in her hair

Dagny

close up of baby Max with momma Beth

Max and Beth

Jon the dad sits in rear of boat with a fishing pole, Jonathan, his boy, sits in foreground wearing a life vest

Jon and Jonathan

Vanessa Silberman

Vanessa Silberman

Vanessa Silberman holds an electric guitar while a crow sits on her shoulder

Vanessa Silberman

Girl Julia with dad Fred who has a grimace on his face

Julia and Fred

Richard Williams, also known as dad, smiles

Richard L Williams aka Dad

Album cover for BOB: Complex Organism Blues, looks like 2 corncob aliens, with one impregnating the planet

Complex Organism Blues

One of 4 light boxes Keith created at Atlanta College of Art. The band BOB used the image for the cover of their album, which also took Keith's title.