KRISTIAN PURCELL
  • WORK
    • PAINTING & MEMORY
    • NEVADA PAINTINGS 2013-14
    • DRAWINGS
    • Oxford University press book: Doom Towns Graphic History
  • ABOUT
    • CV
    • EXHIBITIONS
    • EXHIBITION VIEW: DOOM TOWNS
    • CONTACT
  • BUY & COMMISSION
    • PORTRAITURE
  • PRESS
  • INSTA
  • WORK
    • PAINTING & MEMORY
    • NEVADA PAINTINGS 2013-14
    • DRAWINGS
    • Oxford University press book: Doom Towns Graphic History
  • ABOUT
    • CV
    • EXHIBITIONS
    • EXHIBITION VIEW: DOOM TOWNS
    • CONTACT
  • BUY & COMMISSION
    • PORTRAITURE
  • PRESS
  • INSTA

PAINTING & MEMORY 
I’m always trying to find the space between detail and interest in painterliness and atmosphere. In my painting process I eek to translate and explore images drawn from my archive collection of photographs of movie stills, actresses the 'Golden Age of Hollywood', art history and other found sources. I spent a decade working with material culture and fine art, and images of my home town history come from that time. Working with Archives is a passion and I was thrilled to work with Andy Kirk, Oxford University Press and the Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas, in 2013-15 to explore the visual culture of the testing era. See NEVADA for examples of that project.

Please email for current price list [email protected]

In Dreams, 2024. Oil on canvas, 75x56cm, framed. Available to buy.
'Did ever raven sing so like a lark" (Vivien Leigh), 2025. Oil on canvas, 70x60cm. Available to buy.
Everything Merges with the Night, 2023. 40.5x30.5cm. Unframed. Available to buy. Price on request.
The Heart is an Eye, 2025 (Margot Fonteyn). Oil on canvas, 71x51cm. Available to buy.
The White Pearl (Marie Doro), 2019. Private Collection
Something I Dreamed Last Night, 2023 (Lili Damita). oil on canvas, 76.5 x 61.5cm, unframed. Available to buy.
Blue Dusk, 2024. Oil on canvas, 35.5x31cm. Available to buy, price on request.
The Ghost Talks, 2023 m (Helen Twelvetrees). Oil on canvas, 36x31. Available to buy, price on request.
martha argerich painting by kristian purcell
At the piano (Martha Argerich), 2020. Private Collection
Picasso & Bartdot, 2019. Available to buy
The Lacemaker (before she married the keeper of folk songs) 2013. Private collection
After Gillies Lift, 2012. Oil on canvas. 45x35cm. Not available.
‘The May Queen - from Henman’s Magic Lantern Show’, 2013. Oil on canvas. Private collection
The Wedding before the War, 2012. Oil on canvas, 45.5x30.5cm. Available to buy
He writes in his room, she reads him in her room, 2009. Oil on canvas, 60x70cm. Available to buy, price on request.
Mannequins in the room, 2014. Oil on canvas, 61x71cm. Available to buy.
Frozen Warnings (Nico), 2021. Provate collection.
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