DAVID KENT
David H. J Kent was born in Weybridge, Surrey, England in July 1936. David was the middle son of three from his parent's William and Florence. He was brought up in a poor, but happy family; where he spent his childhood in a climate of rationing and deprivation; although he did not realise this at the time as all his friends and neighbours were all in the same situation. David had always been interested in art from a very early age. He was always at the table drawing, sketching or had his nose in an art book. As a schoolboy he studied old Victorian tomes full of wonderful prints of various illustrators from that time. So how did a boy from war-torn England come to obtain these old Victorian books? Well strangely, they seemed to be cheap and in plentiful supply after the war, in jumble sales (or rummage sales, the name for them at the time). Famous ink-and-pencil artists also caught his eye notably the works of Aubrey Beardsley and later on MC Escher.
Unlike other artists David Kent does not like to use oil paints and canvas, he instead prefers to use acrylics and board. He enjoys varying his subjects, from surrealism, expressionism, mythology, satire, homage (or tributes), history and literature - a very broad spectrum.
58.5 x 48 cm
The Last Of The Leonidas Warriors
(also known as 300) Acrylic on board
The Last of the Leonidas Warriors (also known as 300) based on the film with Gerard Butler.
The true story of battle of The Thermopylae, where according to scholars , the vastly outnumbered 300 held off an army of 100,000 - 150,000 for several days and showed legendary bravery. One of the centre pieces that was on Italian television (as seen in the 2 photos).
A Minor Tour Of The Labyrinth
Acrylic on board
69 x 59.5 cm
A Minor Tour Of The Labyrinth - A tongue in cheek of role reversal of Picasso being painted by the Minotaur.
The title is a play on words.
This was painting of the month in Arte Galleria in August 2016. Also exhibited in a bricks and mortar gallery in Kent (as seen on the photo).
All artworks will have a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) for the buyer.
(From the wonderful stories by Lewis Carrol in the Alice in Wonderland series)
73.5 x 50 cm
Mad Hatters House
Acrylic on board
(It is Picasso looking back on his youth, in his twilight years)
on board
68.5 x 54 cm
Nostalgia
Acrylic
Philosophy Of Dreams
(An earlier, but equally quirky painting depicting a surreal like dream by the artist)
Acrylic on board, 43 x 53.5 cm