Friday Night At The Bell Acrylic Painting On Canvas
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*Artist Doug Kemp with ‘Happy Man acrylic painting on canvas
A painting of recovery rather than conflict
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The paintings featured in the book(s) of Doug are documented individually, each with its own story, context, and supporting material including video where available.
Doug Kemp Fine Art
Doug Kemp trained at Walthamstow College of Art and graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in the 1960s.
He went on to hold a Fellowship at Gloucester College of Art and spent over two decades as a senior lecturer at Loughborough College of Art and Design.
His work pulls from personal experience, American culture — especially Chicago — comic books, film noir, gangster films of the 1930s and 40s, and a long thread of art history running back over 2,000 years.
In the 9th edition of the Artist Photo Gallery, viewers can explore the works of Doug Kemp, a pop post-modernist artist, through his acrylic paintings on canvas. The updated photography accentuates the vivid colours and intricate period style of Kemp's pop art, creating a captivating visual experience for those who appreciate art and admire pop art.
Detectives v.2 presents a scene inspired by the visual language of 1940s and 1950s pulp fiction and film noir. Divided into bold narrative panels, the composition centres on a man holding a gun, framed against a stylised cityscape reminiscent of Venetian blinds. A woman in an elegant gown stands apart from the action, her role left deliberately unclear, adding tension and intrigue to the scene.
In the 10th edition of the Artist Photo Gallery, viewers can explore the works of Doug Kemp, a pop post-modernist artist, through his acrylic paintings on canvas. The updated photography highlights the sizes of the canvases and the vivid colours used in the period Pop art style of Doug Kemp's work.
A woman falls headfirst toward the ground, her handbag still clutched in her hand as hair and strap trail behind her in mid-air.
Two startled onlookers react to the sudden drama, one sending his ice cream flying. With a lurking paparazzo ready to capture the moment, Doug turns a slapstick accident into a surreal scene of tension and theatre.
A stylised sculpture dominates the scene, its elongated face carved into stark planes of light and shade. While the figure appears cold and impassive, a distressed woman nearby suggests that the sculpture may be more than a silent object. The tension between the rigid form and the human emotion around it creates an unsettling atmosphere.
Doug Kemp Fine Art
Doug Kemp trained at Walthamstow College of Art
and graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts
in the 1960s.
He went on to hold a Fellowship at Gloucester College of Art and spent over two decades as a senior lecturer at Loughborough College of Art and Design.
His work pulls from personal experience, American culture — especially Chicago — comic books, film noir, gangster films of the 1930s and 40s, and a long thread of art history running back over 2,000 years.
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