City Guy
A stylish city portrait where movement, geometry, and character combine into one unmistakably urban identity.
Passing Strangers
A stylised scene of fleeting attention, where attraction and indifference remain impossible to separate.
Dancing In The Street
Dancing in the Street – Small Town Dramas v.5 transforms an ordinary street scene into a theatrical moment. A chorus line dances near Al’s Café while a lone figure moves below the watchful gaze of a larger-than-life woman’s face. Through layered symbols, bold colour and shifting structures, Doug turns everyday life into a surreal stage of music, memory and urban rhythm.
Scandal AcryIic Painting On Canvas
Scandal - 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s, and ‘Murder Suicide Scandal’ collection by Doug Kemp.
Magician Mini Series Of Paintings
The hero of the paintings (Magician) references 1930s paparazzi photographer known as Weegree who had an uncanny ability to find and photograph a crime scene sometimes even before the police arrived.
DC Vs Marvel – PopArt Doug Video Interview #014
Born in 1939, Doug-Kemp is the same age as Superman, and has grown up alongside the evolution of comic book art, which has become a medium as inspirational and impactful as classical art and other art forms.
Diga-Diga Doo V2 Painting – PopArt Doug Video Interview #013
Diga Diga Doo V2 - 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s, and ‘Dancing Times’ collection by Doug Kemp.
Diga-Diga Doo V1 Painting – PopArt Doug Video Interview #012
Diga Diga Doo V1 - 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s, and ‘Dancing Times’ collection by Doug Kemp.
Jacks Hat Acrylic Painting – PopArtDoug Interview #011
Jacks Hat Painting - 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the ‘Murder & Scandal’ artist collection by Doug Kemp.
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
“DITTO…”
Doug Kemp
The Race Painting – PopArtDoug Interview #010
This 122 x 114cm acrylic painting on canvas by Doug Kemp A visual game of coloured shapes, a device where the changing sizes of the elements would normally be expected to be reversed and there are also other challenges to the plane of perspective.
Angels V3 Painting – PopArtDoug Interview #009
The word shazam (which is often associated with DC comics' Captain Marvel as a means of transforming into the superhero) is a word also used to introduce an extraordinary deed, story, or transformation.
Jump-Jump ft Shirley MacLaine – PopArtDoug Interview #008
The floating dancers, caught in a synchronised mid hop are drawn from a sequence from the 1969 American musical comedy-drama film ‘Sweet Charity’ which featured the American actress Shirley MacLaine.
Electro Swing V1 Painting Artist Interview Video #007
Electro Swing V1 - 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s, ‘Dancing Times’ & Electro swing artist collection’s by Doug Kemp.
Electro Swing V2 Painting Artist Interview Video #006
Part of a two-painting series, a small woman simply dressed dancing with her arms and legs going totally different directions while her body is effectively remaining still.
Murder In Soho Art Painting Video Interview #005
Murder In Soho Painting - 116 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the ‘Murder & Scandal’ collection by Doug Kemp.
