George Harrison’s Love of Gardening & My Floral Pop Painting The speech of flowers excels the flowers of speech… Artist Kerwin Blackburn explores how George Harrison’s love of gardening inspired his own pop art painting of the Beatle – capturing the spirit of Flower Power in the 1960s and 1970s In this post, I celebrate …
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How To Draw Like a Pro Artist: Grid Drawing Tutorial Video UK artist Kerwin Blackburn teaches you how to draw lifelike pictures from an image – the perfect technique to level-up your drawings and art As an artist who has created their own brand of striking, pop art portraits of the world’s favourite music icons, …
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New Handpainted Vinyl Records for Pop! Goes The Easel Show Kerwin Fuses Music and Art With Two New Series of Jackson Pollock-Inspired Handpainted Vinyl Records for 2023 Norwich Exhibition For my Winter 2023 art exhibition, Pop! Goes The Easel, at the Crypt Gallery in Norwich, I created two new series of Limited Edition, handpainted and …
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Clash of the Art Movements: Abstract Expressionism v Pop Art Exploring the evolution of these two contrasting art movements – both of which are merged in my By Kerwin style of portrait painting In the vast landscape of art history, two monumental movements emerged in the 20th century: Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. These contrasting …
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Colour-Field vs. Action Painting: What is the Difference? Exploring two opposing mid-20th century art movements and why they matter In the vibrant world of modern art, two distinct movements emerged in the mid-20th century, captivating audiences with their unique approaches to expression. ‘Colour-field’ painting and ‘action’ painting both revolutionised the art scene, challenging traditional techniques …
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Beyond Canvas: Comparing Colour Field and Action Painting What are these two major 20th century art movements and how do their styles differ? When it comes to the world of art, two major styles that emerged in the mid-20th century are Colour Field and Action Painting. Both of these styles are unique in their own …
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Jay-Z Pop Art Action Painting Video – By Kerwin Art View my finished Jay-Z painting and shop prints in my online shop here.
Bruce Springsteen Pop Art Painting Video – By Kerwin Art View my finished Bruce Springsteen painting and shop prints in my online shop here. My full range of Jackson Pollock-inspired acrylic paintings can be viewed at www.bykerwin.com – the originals and prints of these are available to purchase, with worldwide delivery. You can follow my art progress on Instagram and Facebook.
MoMA Museum Of Modern Art, New York Review It was great to visit the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York in March 2023, and see some of the best and most famous paintings ever produced. This was also my first art museum visit in about four years (I’m pretty sure the last was …
Who Painted The Stone Roses Album Record Cover Artwork? And how did an album cover inspire my own ‘By Kerwin’ brand of paintings? Plus, what is the link to Shakespeare? The Stone Roses produced one of the most iconic Indie albums of all time in the late-1980s with their debut album – along with one …
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Marvin gaYE Pop Art Painting Video – By Kerwin Art View my finished Marvin Gaye painting and shop prints in my online shop here.
Ian Brown Stone Roses Pop Art Painting Video – By Kerwin Art View my finished Ian Brown painting and shop prints in my online shop here.
What Size Were Jackson Pollock’s Paintings? Action painting pioneer Jackson Pollock is best known for his ‘drip’ paintings, created in the latter half of the 1940s and early 1950s in the United States, which would often dominate entire rooms due to their size and the bold chaotic splash painting technique used (I wrote about some …
What is the Meaning of Jackson Pollock’s Paintings? The process of viewing art is usually synonymous with the act of recognising or searching for meaning within it. When it comes to Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings, this is often a difficult feat, with no form or objects to rationalise and interpret. So do his paintings have …
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Who (and What) Influenced Jackson Pollock’s Drip Paintings? Jackson Pollock is one of the most influential painters of all time, with his iconic ‘drip’ paintings and fearless attitude towards pushing the conventional boundaries of art inspiring artists and creatives around the world even today – not least myself, with my own range of Jackson Pollock-inspired …
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Who was the First Action Painter? Who Gave Pollock the Idea? Jackson Pollock is one of the most recognisable artists of all time and widely credited with pioneering the concept of ‘action painting’, and making the process of producing an artwork a key feature of the art itself. But was he the first person to …
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