Kerry Shearer Art

British Contemporary Naïve Artist

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What Is Naïve Art ?

What Is Naïve Art ?

A Simple Time-Travel Through Whimsy, Colour And Place. I’m a Naïve artist so you can go and look at my work and you’ll instantly understand right? Well given the lack of recognition as a valuable contribution to the world of art, until, fairly recently, maybe not! Put...

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Pink V’s Blue : Women’s Role in Art History

Pink V’s Blue : Women’s Role in Art History

Pink V’s Blue Remember a time – and I do – where it was pink for girls and blue for boys? Gender roles were specifically assigned. So much so we’d tell a child’s gender merely by looking at the colour of the blanket they were wrapped in. Down through the centuries you...

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Childhood Tales: Illustration v’s Art

Childhood Tales: Illustration v’s Art

From Ladybirds to Wild Things . . . . Eric Winter & Robert Lumley. I'm guessing you've likely never heard of them? Like most 20th century kids, book illustrations were my first experience of art. I grew up in the UK. In a mid-century household where 'Ladybird'...

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