 “I consciously work in a way that is informed by the traditions of European Modernism. I am also not afraid to own the description ‘decorative’, for while decoration is insufficient as the sole motive for the work a decorative element is, for me, indispensable.
Superficially my work appears ‘abstract’: perhaps in many ways it is. But abstraction alone is again insufficient. Each piece has for me a precise meaning, which may not easily translate into words. In any case, all attempts at excessive explanation would, I believe, be detrimental to the visual poetry of the piece.
It is enough to say that I am frequently concerned with recurring themes like the garden or the still life, or with the experience or the memory of place.” – Michael Kennedy.
Michael’s paintings are usually in artist’s quality acrylic on board or panel that has been thoroughly primed with acrylic gesso ground and have their starting point in preparatory drawings and studies, often developed in collage, most of which are quite small in scale and made in a sketchbook.
He was educated at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design and at the Slade School and lives in Kent. He is a member of the Printmakers Council and exhibits with them about four times each year. His paintings and prints have been exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal West of England Academy, the Barbican and the Mall Galleries, and in many smaller galleries throughout the UK and abroad.
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Size: 20.00" x 16.00"
Price: £500.00
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