Paul Kennedy - Artist Member

Born in Glasgow in 1981, Paul graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2004. In 2005 Paul got a WASPS organisation studio and after a few years of doing various art related jobs he became a full-time painter and worked in his merchant city studio until he moved the studio into his home in 2022.

Much of his work has been inspired by the city and escaping the city to coastal getaways depicting a narrative between the people and their surroundings. His paintings are strongly connected to his own experiences and the visual delights that catch his eye. He believes anything can be a painting however it's only a select few ideas make it onto the canvas and for that to happen there has to be a certain feeling and desire to paint it.

Paul mainly paints Coastal influenced subjects and Mediterranean subjects however he still loves to do the occasional figurative painting. "We all have these moments and histories which one day will be lost. I make paintings that depict a narrative people have with their surroundings"

Awards - 

The Presidents Award, Glasgow Art Club Winter Show 2016

The Knox Award 2014, Paisley Arts Institure

Braewell Gallery Exhibition Award, Paisley Art Institute, Paisley Museum 2011

RGI (David Cargill Award) 2010

Aspect Prize, (Aspect Prize Finalist) 2009

RGI (RGI Kelly Gallery Exhibition Award) 2009

Galleries -

Thompsons Gallery London

The Morningside Gallery

The Roger Billcliffe Gallery

The Strathearn Gallery

Annan Art Gallery

The Lemond Gallery

The Arteries Gallery

The Fotheringham Gallery