My oil paintings focus on female characters with heavy brows and jelly bright eyes that stare outwardly from the stories they inhabit, their world suspended between reality and imagination.
I use personal possessions and observations to form each painting, along with my imagination. Objects I have come across are often the catalyst for a picture, many being treasures from my family home or local salvage yard. I gather inspiration in my trusty notebook from many avenues. I've always had a magpie's eye for things of the circus, of Vaudeville, and Parisian. I collect cultural imagery anywhere from South america to Eastern Europe, from all sorts of music and literature, like Tom Waits, Angela Carter, and Isabel Allende, who create great magical worlds. I studied fine art print at Norwich School of art and Design and, although I am currently based in the Norfolk countryside, I soon plan to move back to Brighton. ~ Nom Kinnear King (from the August 2011 issue of Juxtapoz)
