"It was cool to people who knew me," the artist said in "The Washington Post". "Other people thought I was having a seizure. But I was just doing my victory dance." Its broadcast premiere was on June 5, 2000. He continued his painting career with a show at the Phyllis Kind Gallery in New York, NY in 2000. He returned to Towson University, where he had obtained a mass communication degree in 1998, to complete an art degree. Keplinger's art features large canvases with bold colors and many are self-portraits.