Leon Keer is a Dutch based pop-surrealist artist. Born in Utrecht (1970). Keer learned to paint through designing and producing large advertising murals for multi-nationals since 1997. His knowledge of materials, acquired by painting on all kinds of foundations for his clients, led to an interest in experimenting with materials and techniques. Keer works with a mixture of techniques, uses a rich variety of materials, ranging from professional acrylic paints to adhesives, solvents, primers and tar. His subjects and images are contemporary: they could be freeze frames from a video clip.