Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
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.to
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Artist: Keith Purser
Dover Beach at Night - Horizontal Blue Abstracted Beach Landscape Oil Painting
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Keith Purser b. 1944
Dover Beach at Night, 2017
oil on board
28.5 x 104 cm
11 1/4 x 41 in
signed, titled and dated
Keith Purser lives and works on the edge of the desert-like enviro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Flight, Oil and Sand on Board, Abstract Horizontal Landscape Painting, 2006
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Flight, Oil and Sand on Board Painting by Keith Purser b 1944, 2006
Additional information:
Oil and sand on board
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 29 7/8 in
31 x 76 cm
(KP523)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Dune Light, 2023 - Horizontal Abstract Landscape Oil Painting, Blue and White
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Keith Purser b. 1944
Dune Light, 2023
oil on board
46 x 99 cm
18 1/8 x 39 in
signed, titled and dated
Keith Purser lives and works on the edge of the desert-like environment of Euro...
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2010s Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
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Oil, Board
Moonlight, 2021 - Horizontal Minimalistic Blue and White Abstract Oil on Board
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
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 Fr...
Category
2010s Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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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21st Century and Contemporary Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
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Gouache
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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21st Century and Contemporary Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
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Gouache
Sun Tide, Oil on Board, Horizontal Abstract Landscape Sunset Painting, 2015
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Sun Tide, Oil on Board Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2015
Additional information:
Medium: Oil and sand on board
Dimensions: 44.5 x 118 cm
17 1/2 x 46 1/2 in
Signed, titled and d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
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Board, Oil
Bay III - Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting with Sand, 2002
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Bay III
Category
Early 2000s Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Estuary, Oil, Sand and Collage on Board Horizontal Abstract Painting, 2006
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Estuary, Collage on Board Painting by Keith Purser b 1944, 2006
Additional information:
Oil, sand and collage on board
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 29 7/8 in
27 x 76 cm
(KP500)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Gold Coast, Oil on Panel Abstract Landscape Painting, 2020
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Gold Coast, Oil on Panel Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2020
Additional information:
Medium: Oil and sand on panel
Dimensions: 54 x 94 cm
21 1/4 x 37 1/8 in
Signed, titled and da...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Margate Sands, Oil on Board, Horizontal Abstract Seascape Painting, 2020
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Margate Sands, Oil on Board Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2020
Additional information:
Medium: Oil and sand on board
Dimensions: 46 x 114.5 cm
18 1/8 x 45 1/8 in
Signed with ini...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
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Board, Oil
Dune with Blue, Oil on Panel, Horizontal Abstract Landscape Painting, 2021
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Dune with Blue, Oil on Panel Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2021
Additional information:
Medium: Oil, chalk pastel and sand on panel
Dimensions: 43 x 121.5 cm
16 7/8 x 47 7/8 in
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Wave Pattern II, 2022 - Abstract Landscape Horizontal Oil Painting, Blue + White
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
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 Fr...
Category
2010s Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Marina, 2024 - Horizontal Abstract Landscape Oil Painting, Blue and White
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
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 Fr...
Category
2010s Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
East Road (Orange), Oil and Sand on Board Horizontal Abstract Painting, 2007
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
East Road (Orange), Oil and Sand on Board Painting by Keith Purser b 1944, 2007
Additional information:
Oil and sand on board
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 28 1/8 in
26 x 71.5 cm
(KP104)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
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....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
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, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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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21st Century and Contemporary Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
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Wood
Rain, Oil on Board, Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Rain, Oil on Board Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944
Additional information:
Medium: Oil on board
Dimensions: 27 x 100 cm
10 5/8 x 39 3/8 in
Signed with initials and dated
Keith Pur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
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, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Sun Over Chalk (October), Oil on Panel, Abstract Horizontal Painting, 2018
By Keith Purser
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Sun Over Chalk (October), Oil on Panel Painting by Keith Purser B. 1944, 2018
Additional information:
Medium: Oil, sand and found objects on panel
Dimensions: 40 x 122 cm
15 3/4 x 4...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Keith Purser Abstract Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
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