Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Winter 2014 | Page 52

As a Wheaton student, Paul R. Keating ’51
somehow never found time for his studies—
but he did talk President Edman into
playing Santa Claus.
“Since I was an artist, I was doing all the
plays, all the decorations, and all the
parties,” Paul says with a chuckle.
“Encouraged” to leave the College because

Art of Inspiration

“they thought I should study,” the wayward
Wheatie turned over a new leaf after four
years in the Air Force.
He eventually earned his master’s degree
and doctorate in psychotherapy at the
University of Pennsylvania, and entered
private practice as a marriage and family
therapist. In 1964, he wed Sally Joyce,
secretary to pastor and Christian radio
pioneer Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse at
Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.
The Keatings now live at the Willow Valley
retirement community in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania. Paul has time to teach
classes and pursue art again. When the
cover of a recent Wheaton magazine
caught his eye, he painted the image
“What’s Just around the Corner?” as a gift
for President Phil Ryken ’88, former pastor
of Tenth Presbyterian. Paul—whose
youthful adventures included teaching art
and magazine design in Belgian Congo
before the 1960 uprising—says the photo

“What’s Just around the Corner?”

S P R I N G

by Dr. Paul R. Keating ’51

mountains of Honduras “just intrigued me.”

WHEATON

Oil on canvas
27" x 27"

of Wheaton students walking in remote

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“Homage to an Old Man” by Robby
Sawyer ’14 is painted in oils on
Plexiglass, which not only reflects light
but also mirrors an image of the viewer.
Strong colors such as cadmium yellow,
cadmium red, raw umber, and burnt

by Stephen Monkemeier ’10

umber add depth and a golden cast to
the picture of a homeless old man.
Robby was one of three students who
earned the purchase prize at the annual
Nonward & Upward Show, a juried
student exhibition sponsored by
Wheaton’s Art Department and the Dick
Blick Art Store in Wheaton, Illinois.
All three pieces were also awarded the
President’s Award for Excellence in Art,
a new award created by President
Philip Ryken ’88, and will become part
of Wheaton College’s permanent
art collection. (To learn more, turn to
page 8.)
In addition to the purchase prize, Robby
won Best in Show. Majoring in studio
art with a focus in drawing and
printmaking, Robby hopes to pursue
a master of fine arts in art education and
eventually teach at the college level.

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