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British, b. 1944
Keith Purser lives and works on the edge of the desert-like environment of Europe's largest shingle bank, in the shadow of Dungeness power station and within sight of the coast of France. Born in Bromley, Kent, he attended Sidcup School of Art in the 1960s. As an artist, he balances two very different approaches to landscape painting: one essentially abstract, the other figurative. As an abstract painter, Purser deconstructs the sea and shore into harmonies of colour, texture and form. These works are as much about painting itself as they are about the shifting weather and changing moods of the coast. As a figurative painter, Purser creates homages to English vernacular art. These paintings of the down-at-heel, resorts and gently rusting harbour towns of the South Coast capture the peculiar charm of these places. These two strands in Purser's work are always meeting, albeit quietly and incidentally. The vernacular often steals into the most abstract of works by way of found objects picked off the beach, whilst Modernist formal sensibility orders the seafront houses into a harmonious arrangement of blocks of colour.
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Artist: Keith Purser
Tipula Minos Painting by Keith Purser, 2008
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Tipula Minos Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2008 Additional information: Medium: Oil and pencil on board Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 10 1/2 in 47 x 26.7 cm Keith Purser lives and works...
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Rye Bay, Hand-Coloured Woodcut Print by Keith Purser
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Rye Bay, Woodcut Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944 Additional information: Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 44 x 53.5 cm 17 3/8 x 21 1/8 in Signed and titled Keith Purser lives and works...
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Wood

Red Promenade, Hythe Hand-Coloured Woodcut by Keith Purser, 2011
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Red Promenade, Hythe Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2011 Additional information: Medium: Woodcut with hand-colouring Dimensions: 42 x 52.5 cm 16 1/2 x 20 5/8 in Signed, dated and...
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Woodcut

Carthage, Oil on Panel, Horizontal Abstract Landscape Painting, 2017
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Carthage, Oil on Panel Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2017 Additional information: Medium: Oil, sand and found objects on panel Dimensions: 38.5 x 96.5 cm 15 1/8 x 38 in Signed, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Keith Purser More Art

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Panel, Oil

Untitled (Beach), Oil and Gouache Painting by Keith Purser, 2007
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Untitled (Beach), Oil and Gouache Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2007 Additional information: Medium: Oil and gouache Dimensions: 42 x 29.5 cm (uneven) 16 1/2 x 11 5/8 in Signed ...
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Gouache

Spring Flight Painting by Keith Purser, 2012
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Spring Flight Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2012 Additional information: Medium: Gouache, chalk pastel, oil and sand Dimensions: 48.5 x 59 cm 19 1/8 x 23 1/4 in Signed, titled a...
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Gouache

Dungeness II, Woodcut by Keith Purser
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Dungeness II Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944 Additional information: Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 42 x 59.5 cm 16 1/2 x 23 3/8 in Signed and titled. Keith Purser lives and works on...
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Woodcut

Oil and Pencil on Board 'Cranefly' Painting by Keith Purser
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Oil and Pencil on Board 'Cranefly' Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944 Additional information: Medium: Oil and pencil on board Dimensions: 13 x 17 1/2 in 33 x 44.5 cm Keith Purser liv...
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Board

Tipula Maxima Painting by Keith Purser, 2008
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Tipula Maxima Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2008 Additional information: Medium: Oil on plywood Dimensions: 51 x 48 cm 20 1/8 x 18 7/8 in Signed, dated and titled. Keith Purser...
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Plywood

Sandgate Woodcut with Hand-Coloured by Keith Purser, 2009
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Sandgate Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2009 Additional information: Medium: Woodcut with hand-colouring Dimensions: 42 x 53 cm 16 1/2 x 20 7/8 in Signed, titled and dated. Keit...
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Wood, Woodcut

In the Mirror Painting by Keith Purser, 2008
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
In the Mirror Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2008 Additional information: Medium: Oil on plywood Dimensions: 51 x 47 cm 20 1/8 x 18 1/2 in Signed, dated and titled Keith Purser ...
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Plywood

Yachtsman Woodcut with Chalk Pastel and Sand by Keith Purser, 2009
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Yachtsman Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2009 Additional information: Medium: Chalk pastel, woodcut and sand Dimensions: 31 x 38.5 cm 12 1/4 x 15 1/8 in Signed, titled and dated....
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Chalk, Pastel, Mixed Media, Woodcut

Steps to Water, Woodcut with Hand-Colouring by Keith Purser, 2007
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Steps to Water Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2007 Additional information: Medium: Woodcut with hand-colouring Dimensions: 41 x 59 cm 16 1/8 x 23 1/4 in Signed, titled and dated....
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Wood

Gouache, Pencil and Sand 'Bay III' Painting by Keith Purser, 2002
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Gouache, Pencil and Sand 'Bay III' Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2002 Additional information: Medium: Gouache, pencil and sand Dimensions: 42 x 50 cm 16 1/2 x 19 3/4 in Signed, ...
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Gouache

Goldfish at Dungeness, Woodcut by Keith Purser, 2006
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Goldfish at Dungeness, Woodcut Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2006 Additional information: Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 32 x 40.5 cm 12 5/8 x 16 in Signed, titled and dated Keith...
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Woodcut

Ghost II, Hand-coloured Woodcut with Sand and Chalk Pastel by Keith Purser
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Ghost II, Woodcut and Sand Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944 Additional information: Medium: Woodcut, chalk pastel, hand-colouring and sand Dimensions: 25.5 x 35 cm 10 1/8 x 13 3/4 i...
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Wood

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