The artist PK [Phil Kendall] has a personal vision & ambition for his unique art. His preferred medium is professional grade acrylic paints and inks which are sourced from across the world. They enable him to deliver the bold, vibrant colours of his art-vision. These acrylics also deliver the iridescent and metallic finishes which his abstract art exploits. His preferred surface is a pure white stretched canvas. His technique is best described as direct painting putting but one colour in one brush-stroke on the canvas, then moving on to the next area of colour. This produces artworks with beautifully executed bold blocks full of vibrant colours. His art-style is one best described as art being cut down to the essence of the subject. This often results in a colourful technical-drawing inspired image where the subject is the principle component of the artwork with the landscape & sky being subordinate to the subject.
He strives through his paintings to convey grace, elegance & lost beauty in subjects that have inspired him to produce his impression of them. His aim is also to capture & crystallize a memory as a unique and original work of art.
Old architectural subjects will always feature in his art. The subjects chosen are usually in a sad state of repair. PK's art-vision sees the simple elegance that once existed in those old buildings and doorways. His artworks pay homage to the original skilled craftsmen who built them.
The colourful abstracts are derived from travels through his imagination taking a twist on: a topic, a phrase, a line from a song, a poem, a building or a place visited. Greek mythology is also an inspiration for many of his abstract artworks. In these abstract artworks; shapes, curves, lines, textures and objects collide with metallic & iridescent paint finishes.
He works comfortably from a photomontage [several photos of a subject] rather than just a single sketch