Acrylic Paintings On Canvas By Artist Doug Kemp

Doug Kemp paintings on canvas from 1990 to 2022. Only works that were painted on canvas during this period can be found on this page.

Angel. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s and Angels mini collection

The Magician v4. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s and Magician collection

Jimmy Negs 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Heroesand Villains collection.

Observing the Alien 2. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & divorce collection The second in this series the original Observing the Alien is in the 1990s collection.

Jump Jump. AKA Sweet C. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times collection

Cha Cha Cha. AKA Anyway up. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s modern art collection.

Angels 2 1933

Angels v2 1933. 45 x 50 inches Acrylic painting on canvas depicting John Dillinger.

The central subject is modelled on Johnny Depp. He starred in the 2009 ‘Public Enemies’ movie, where he played John Dillinger. Johhny Depp was convincingly cast in the movie and his physical likeness to Dillinger made it readily apparent that his image should be used in this painting, titled Angels 2. ………. and not a Dirty face between them.

In 1934, the “G-Men” at Hoover’s orders, superimposed John Dillinger’s mugshot over their standard law enforcement silhouette targets. They were still using these into the 1950s.

Moving Into Abstraction. 127 x 115 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the post-2000 pop art collection.

Torpedo Jacks v2. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & heroes & villains collection.

The last gangster. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & heroes & villains collection.

Cherry Beret. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s pop art & falling collection.

Self Murder. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s and Murder scandal collection

Mr. Sunshine. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Heroes and Villains collection.

The monuments art collection shows Doug’s love of Art Deco architecture. This architecture is still to be found in most cities and towns and particularly at the seaside. Not always noticed and often neglected, it was once the epitome of a brighter hope and confidence between the World wars.

Fashion (even in architecture) changed greatly post WW2, and many great examples were torn down with only a relatively recent revival and desire to preserve them. Now they are more than just monuments to times passed, and even if only the mere facade is kept and the rest has been disemboweled in modernising their utility, that remnant takes its place in the established cityscape. Some of the remaining structures formed reference to the 1950s and 1960s subculture, architecture and principles of modern-day design.

This series also pays homage to the form of the figures and structures in the Medici Chapels in Florence, designed by Michelangelo.

Monuments v1. AKA Trains, Boats, Planes. 115 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s collection.

Monuments v2. AKA Paramount. Paramount Pictures was the force behind many glamourous Hollywood movies, although the central structure represented here actually resembles an Odeon. 115 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s collection.

Monuments v3. AKA The Guardians. 115 x 127 cm acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s collection.

Apache. Acrylic painting on canvas from the post-2000 pop art collection. The Apache is a Parisian dance from the 20s where in Irene Castle’s words, this was a dance “in which the male dancer tries to demolish the female dancer.

Back Seat. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & heroes & villains collection.

Monument to an Existentialist. AKA Anna K dancing. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & dancing times collection

City Days. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s pop art & abstract collection.

Art and Violence v2. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s, 2 in 1 and murder scandal collection

Table Dancing. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & dancing times collection

G-man is an American slang term for agents of the United States Government. It is especially used as a term for an agent of the FBI.

Gangster Tango. Part of the Soho Mini collection – Soho in the late 1950s was always like visiting a separate village within the city. Full of low-lifers and high-flyers, drunks and dreamers, sex workers and bar workers – every walk of life is represented by the nightlife and many of the nightclubs were run by the gangsters.

Gangster Tango Painting Acrylic On Canvas 45 x 50 inches 2000s collection © Doug Kemp Art

Don’t ever love me… Kay. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Heroes & Villains collection.

Don’t ever love me… Gill. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Heroes & Villains collection.

The Quest. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s fine art collection.

Duck and dive. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s pop art & falling collection.

Dream on. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Cityscapes collection

Jump And Jive. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times collection

We will always have Paris. AKA The Bramford girls v1. Acrylic painting on canvas from the post-2000 pop art collection. A direct reference to the Casablanca movie with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

Casablanca. AKA The Bramford girls v2. Acrylic painting on canvas from the post-2000 pop art collection. A direct reference to the Casablanca movie with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

City Days v1. AKA Hither and Tither. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s

Discovering Leger ceramics. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s pop art & Leger Mini-collection

A walk in the park. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s pop art & cityscapes collection

Happy endings. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s

Biograph. 50 x 45 inches Painting On Canvas 2000s Art Collection Doug Kemp.

Depicting the death of John Dillinger. After evading police in four states for almost a year, Dillinger was wounded and went to his father’s home to mend. He returned to Chicago in July 1934 and sought refuge in a brothel owned by Ana Cumpănaș or Anna Sage, nicknamed the Woman in Red. She informed authorities of his whereabouts as a way of obtaining permanent US residence. On July 22, 1934, local and federal law enforcement closed in on the Biograph Theatre. As BOI (Bureau of Investigation, later renamed the FBI) agents moved to arrest Dillinger as he exited the theatre, he never drew a gun but attempted to flee. He was shot multiple times in the back and was killed; this was later ruled as justifiable homicide. John Dillinger’s famous dying words were……but only as speculation….”You got me”

There were stories of women soaking their handkerchiefs with his blood as macabre souvenirs. Ana Cumpănaș was eventually deported.

Moving on. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Divorce art collection

Chevy dancing. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times collection

Conga life. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times fine art collection. Why did the gangster cross the road? Because he was doing the Conga.

Diga Diga Doo v1. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times collection

Diga Diga Doo v2. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times collection

Love in the time of Bubbles AKA Corona follies. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Divorce art collection. Completed Dec 2021.

The Rescue. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Heroes & Villains collection.

So far so good. Featuring Leslie Caron. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s

Sweet, sweet memories. Silk screen print from the post-2000 abstract pop art collection

War Chic. AKA Paris 1944. Acrylic painting on canvas from the post-2000 Dancing times abstract collections

City Days v1. AKA Hither and Tither. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s

Discovering Leger ceramics. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s pop art & Leger Mini-collection

A walk in the park. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s pop art & cityscapes collection

Two for One or BOGOF is the consumerism of the Supermarket at its best. The phrase is borrowed here to describe the at least two separate subjects that have been split as if in a prism, or as a boss-eyed view through some vertical blinds or even the desperation of a poor reconstruction of the images that have accidentally been put through a shredder.

It is hoped that effect holds the viewer’s attention until they feel they have absorbed all the content and/or made a personal appointment to review and maybe review again.

Dance to the music. 114 × 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s art collection

Modern times. 114 × 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s 2for1 art collections

Angels v1. Angels series of Paintings – 114 x 127 cm – Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s & mirror two for one art collections

High wirers. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s

Jumping through hoops. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s

Friday night at the Bell. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s. The Bell is a pub in Walthamstow (London).

The Valentine. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s modern art collection. Ready for a massacre?

The Race. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s modern art collection

Electro Swing. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s and Dancing times collection

The Birdman. No conscious influence by the legend of The Birdman of Alcatraz…..but… Robert Franklin Stroud, imprisoned from 1909 until his death in 1963 was a convicted murderer, prisoner and author who was an infamous criminal in the USA.

Stroud, during his time at Leavenworth Penitentiary, reared and sold birds and became a respected ornithologist, but when transferred to Alcatraz…

Running woman. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Divorce art collection.

The three Gracies. Homage to The three Graces. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times collection

Running man. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Divorce art collection.

Dancing to the… 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times modern art collection.

Dance to the music. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times modern art collection.

The Putti brothers. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times collection

Good old Summertime. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s

Flying Tonight. Featuring Bettie Page – 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s

Tango v2. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times collection

Chevy dancing v2. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times collection

Roof top Boogie. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times pop art collection

The Putti brothers. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times collection

Good old Summertime 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s

Flying tonight. Featuringt Bettie Page – 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s

Tango v2. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times collection

Chevy dancing v2. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times collection

Roof top Boogie. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times pop art collection

Little Bohemia

Little Bohemia (Image to be updated) . Acrylic painting on canvas 45 x 50 inches. Art story of Little Bohemia. This painting depicts the botched raid by the FBI (then called the Division of Investigation) against the John Dillinger Gang who were staying at the Little Bohemia Lodge, a rural vacation lodge and restaurant located off US Highway 51 in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin.

During the gun battle…

Poor Marie

Poor Marie. Acrylic painting on canvas 45 x 50 inches. Marie Prevost was a Canadian born film actress. During her 20-year career, she made 121 silent and sound films. Prevost’s career began to decline in 1926 with the introduction of the talkies into cinema.

She is rumoured to be the source of the phrase “Doggies Dinner” – at least in the song by Nick Lowe, anyway. Find out why in her art story.

The Message. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s

Weekend getaway. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s. This painting is based on Bonnie & Clyde.

Soho Boogie Woogie. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s and Soho mini art collection.

Dream on. Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s

Crash Madonna. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s pop art

Dancing with the Invisible Man. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s & Dancing times pop art collection

ASK, also known now as ASK Italian is a British restaurant chain which serves Italian cuisine.

The ASK chain of restaurants was founded by the brothers Adam and Samuel Kaye in 1993 and were also the ones to commission Doug Kemp for this series of Heroes and Villians canvas paintings for use as decoration and talking points in a couple of their flagship restaurants.

The name for the restaurant ‘ASK’ can be construed either as the founders’ initials ‘Adam/Samuel Kaye’ or as an acronym for “Authentic Sicilian Kitchen”.

Jacks Hat

Jack’s Hat. Painting on canvas 45 x 50 inches. Referencing Jack Dennis McVitie, more commonly known as ‘Jack the Hat’, was an English criminal from London during the 1950s and 1960s. He is posthumously known for triggering the imprisonment and downfall of the Kray twins.

Soho Boogie Woogie

Soho Boogie Woogie. Painting on canvas. Gang life in London is nothing new – but while we are shocked by crimes in our modern city, I can’t help but be fascinated by those from when I lived there in my early years. Soho was known then as a den of vice.

14 Minutes – Ruth Ellis

14 Minutes. Sad story of Ruth Ellis. Painting on canvas 45″ x 50″ inches. Part of the ‘Murder, suicide & scandal art’ collection of paintings. Fine Art by Doug Kemp

Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in England for the crime of murder.

Ruth was convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely, on Easter Sunday 1955. In the USA, they would likely say “He had it coming…”. She was hanged by the state executioner…

Ghosts v1. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s & divorce pop art collections

Parade. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s

Perplexing situations. – Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s.

Cherry Beret v2. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s modern art collection

Murder in Soho. 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s and Soho mini popart collection

Doug Kemp pop art paintings on canvas only. See all the work from the 1990s including works on paper and prints here. All Doug Kemp work from the 1990s

Doug Kemp 1990s pop art paintings on canvas, this was the post-divorce decade.   Because of his divorce and moving  (home and studio), space was limited in this period of Doug life and the 1990s decade saw a greater number of works on paper produced since these paintings on paper are easier to roll and store.

Bloody fingers. It was about this time Doug also started producing Linocut prints, where separate sheets of linoleum are carved out (One for each separate colour on the print design).  In hindsight, Silkscreen artist prints were much easier to manipulate and produce and have the benefits of being able to print on multiple print surfaces such as metal.

True love. Acrylic painting on canvaas from the 1990s

Chicago Artist and Model. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1980s pop art collection.

The Garden. 127 x 102 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s collection.

Phantoms of the Bordello. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s & Arcadia pop art series

Phantom Kiss. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s (also as a limited edition Giclee)

Miami Si. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s (reworked into a limited edition print)

Arcadia 2. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s Arcadia pop art mini-series of paintings

The big parade. Acrylic painting on paper from the 1990s & Cityscapes pop artseries.

The Magician v4. 168 x152 cm Acrylic painting on canvas

The Magxxxician v4 – 168 x152 cm Acrylic painting on canvas

The xxxMagician v4 114 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s artists collection

A Museum. AKA The three ages of women. 152 x 183 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s pop art collection

The final conflict. 127 x 122 cm (approx) Acrylic painting on canvas 1990s, Divorce and Self Portrait artist pop art collections

The Sculptress v1. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s & art lovers mini collection

The Sculptress v2. (30 x 45 cm Smalls) – Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s & art lovers mini collection

Arcadia v1. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s & Arcadia pop art series

The B Girls. 127 x 140 cm Acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 1990s.

Snake charming sisters. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s & Divorce pop art collections

The Young Goddesses mini art collection. This collection of paintings features iconic movie stars when they were in their prime.  Of the six original Young Goddesses paintings so far 4 have been converted into Giclee prints.  Ida Lupino is being reworked as a print and will be available in the Giclee collection in due course.

• Painting & Print – Frances Farmer / Lauren  Bacall / Brigitte Bardot / Priscilla Presley
• Painting Only  – Sybil Shepard / *Ida Lupino

View the Young Goddesses print collection

Priscilla Presley. 1990s young goddesses collection of acrylic paintings on canvas, later reworked and available to buy as a limited edition artist print on this website print store.

Blond Extra. 1990s young goddesses collection of acrylic paintings on canvas, later to be reworked and available to buy as a limited edition artist print on this website print store.

Kim Novak. 1990s young goddesses collection of acrylic paintings on canvas, Generally nearest to Fauvism of the series. Later to be reworked and available to buy as a limited edition artist print on this website print store.

Sybil Shepherd. 1990s young goddesses collection of acrylic paintings on canvas, later to be reworked and available to buy as a limited edition artist print on this website print store.

Lauren Bacall. 1990s young goddesses collection of acrylic paintings on canvas, later reworked and available to buy as a limited edition artist print on this website print store.

Ida Lupino. 1990s young goddesses collection of acrylic paintings on canvas, later reworked and available to buy as a limited edition artist print on this website print store.

Frances Farmer 1990s young goddesses collection of acrylic paintings on canvas, later reworked and available to buy as a limited edition artist print on this website print store.

Young Brigitte Bardot. 1990s young goddesses collection of acrylic paintings on canvas, later reworked and available to buy as a limited edition artist print on this website print store.