Kevin Hinton – portfolio
Contact the artist
planetkevart [at] gmail.com
Exhibition information
For Artweeks this year I shall be exhibiting FOR ONE WEEKEND ONLY, on 16–17 May, at Cassington Village Hall. This beautiful, light-filled venue in the heart of Cassington will also showcase the work of three other talented artists, Candida Rogers, Cordelia Rampley and Hannah Farncombe with a mix of painting, print making, drawing, sculpture and jewellery.
My show will include a selection of personal portraits, commissions and new paintings in oils plus drawings in pen and ink and coloured pencil, with limited edition giclée prints and some original work for sale.
[ pdf catalogue available closer to Artweeks ]
Artist information
After working as a graphic designer for over 30 years, mostly in the less than glamorous world of corporate and technical literature, I reignited my love of drawing for the sake of drawing by embarking on a daily drawing challenge back in 2018. Posting on Instagram and getting some encouraging feedback (including having my sketch of a cheese grater accepted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2018) helped with the commitment and I had what I optimistically called my first solo exhibition in July 2019, ‘365 Days and Counting’, at Hemingway Art in Cassington. Mostly of ordinary things, often with a monthly theme, and all drawn in a series of small sketchbooks I eventually made over 1000 drawings.
Drawing led to a renewed interest in painting, particularly portraits, and in 2020 a portrait of friends, painted for their 50th Wedding anniversary, made it through the first round of judging for the BP Portrait Award.
Recently I have been working on commissioned drawings and paintings and otherwise mostly make paintings in oil of people, places and ordinary things. I have a preference for unusual and off-beat subjects and, thanks to a career in design, my work tends to be bold and graphic with pattern and detail.
Kevin Hinton
