Paul Kemp is an artist living and
working in Lincolnshire, UK. He was born in Blantyre,
Malawi in 1969 and spent much of his early childhood
in the Middle East. He discovered a penchant and a
talent for art as a teenager and has continued ever
since. Having worked as a glassblower/designer in
Britain and France for over a decade his creative
output is now concentrated working on paper. His art
has been exhibited throughout Britain and is in private
collections in UK and Europe and the U.S.A.
ABOUT THE ART
I have a passion and a love for the open air and wide-open
spaces, and have always had a penchant for broad landscapes
and the beauty, peace, stillness and solitude to be
found there. Creating pieces of art is for me a meditative,
contemplative act and these are qualitites (for stilling
the mind, finding serenity, comfort, delight and blessing)
I hope to invoke in those viewing them.
We all benefit from aesthetic pleasure and the inspiriation
it provides – Plutarch suggests 'the mind is
not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be lighted',
the prophet Mohammad said 'If I had only two loaves
of bread I would barter one to nourish my soul' –
and it is well known that beauty and symmetry are
intrinsic to nature and natural selection and are
beneficial to our well-being on many levels.
I have an affinity with the medium of watercolour,
its qualities feel natural and suit my painting in
ways that other media do not. I paint scenes and objects
and atmospheres that make me happy, excite me, take
me to beautiful and significant times and places,
find and express part of who I am.
