Keelan Parham

Keelan Parham (born 1967) is a professional cartoonist whose work has appeared in magazines, comic books, children's books, websites, and award-winning ads. In addition, he is one of the most well known and sought after live caricaturists in the world, having drawn hundreds of thousands of guests at private parties, conventions, and corporate events. He is the author of the book "Let's Toon CARICATURES", a past president of the National Caricaturist Network, and is a member of the prestigious National Cartoonists' Society.

Born in Greenville, SC, Keelan attended Furman University there before he transferred to and graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design. After college, he was a professional fashion model for several years, and was listed with Elite Models (Chicago and Atlanta), and Click Models (in NYC). Advertisements he was in appeared in Vanity Fair, Seventeen, GQ, and many other major magazines. He was featured in the 1992 Banana Republic campaign, shot by the renowned photographer, Bruce Weber. This campaign also featured a young soon-to-be supermodel named Kate Moss.

Keelan moved to Orlando, Florida in 1992 and started working for the Walt Disney Corporation as an artist later that year. In 1993 he married his wife, Barbara, a professional model. Today they reside in Orlando Florida and own and operate retail caricature locations in major theme parks and resort hotels.