The Book(s) Of Doug
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.
Weekend Getaway v.1 captures a chaotic moment of motion as a gunman twists mid-leap while a blonde accomplice is swept into the action beside him. Their bodies lock into a circular composition, their parallel gun arms reinforcing the tension.
Bold check patterns, geometric shadows and a starburst muzzle flash transform the gunfight into a stylised design of motion and danger.
True Love - 116 x 127 cm acrylic pop art painting on canvas from the 2000s collection by Doug Kemp.
The 12th edition of the Artist Photo Gallery features acrylic paintings on canvas by and with Doug Kemp who is a pop post-modernist artist. The photography showcases the size of the canvases and the vibrant colours used in the Pop art style of Kemp's work.
In the 1950s people of the East end of London often went to places like Southend-on-Sea (people from “South of the river” had “their” Margate), which is actually little more than the Thames estuary.
Weekend Getaway v.2 captures the aftermath of a violent shootout. As the man falls backwards, apparently shot, his accomplice turns to fire while fleeing the scene. Bold colours, exaggerated proportions and lightning-like streaks transform the gunfight into a theatrical moment where violence unfolds like a staged drama.
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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