Kerry Shearer Art
British Contemporary Naïve Artist
About Kerry Shearer – The Artist
I paint stunning places inspired by the UK and this encapsulates what my work is all about. Images that capture the countryside, seaside towns and coastlines of a truly beautiful Britain and beyond.
I have my artworks in several galleries and spaces across the UK and I also work with publishers (retaining the copyright) to reproduce high quality images of the art you see.
Created in the tradition of the British Naïves, my work can appear superficially simplistic – it’s not. All my pieces are a complex process of layering, filtering; heavily relying on what to leave out as much as what to include!
My rebellious streak arises whenever I’m contemplating a new painting. All those years of being told to consider the disappearing lines of the horizon and to “keep things in proportion”, fly out of the nearest window in order for me to have a real conversation with each piece of work.
It’s how I’ve found my own unique style, my artistic voice.
The painting process is a sophisticated one and my images are idealised places rather than realistic accurate representations.
I intended them to bring a smile and connect with our ‘Inner Child’. Pieces have to be relatable to the place I’m painting in order for the viewer to see a recognisable depiction of that place, so they in turn can have their own dialogue with it.
As I travel, I can’t help but see the potential of the next painting, or indeed series of them. I become completely absorbed in a landscape be it by foot, rail or road (or even boat).
As a painter of quirky landscapes, I can say that my personality shines through, make of that what you will but to me my art is a reflection, of the fact it’s always worth viewing things from a different angle. By skewing the perspective, it makes people look, then look again.
Overall, there is a simple truth in my artwork which I describe as whimsical, friendly even and which makes my art accessible to all.
I like to travel (but don’t do the tent) but am more often, to be found pottering around the kitchen and garden, in fact my own mini kitchen-garden, is a favourite place to be.
My travels have taken me as far as living in China for a number of years and this was when I began forging the artist path I’m on today.
I’m based in Lincolnshire (UK) with an engineering hubby (you can just imagine the conversations about ‘straightness’) and a teenage daughter (creative in her own right). Living land-locked in a beautiful part of the world is great but I often yearn for the coast. I visit whenever the opportunity arises, as this feeds into much of my work. It’s why you’d be forgiven for believing I lived there.
SO if you can’t find me in the garden studio, working away? Well then, its likely you’ll find me paddling in the sea or sitting on the sand, admiring the view.
