Kelly-Anne Davitt
EAST LONDON
Artist and curator Kelly-Anne Davitt is known for hyper-real virtuoso painting style in vibrant pop tones, and her humorous and provocative light-sculptures. Her electrifyingly immaculate canvases fuse traditional still life and portraiture with a contemporary approach, inspired by advertising imagery, pop culture, nostalgic childhood memories and feminist themes. She has exhibited widely across the UK from Cork Street to The Potteries.
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My obsession with painting retro packaging began in the 2020 lockdown, which coincided with my 40th birthday. I received a box of 1980s themed sweets, including Bubbly, Fruit Salad and Love Hearts.
Through these intricate paintings, I began to explore the nostalgia that product packaging triggers, prompting many people to share their childhood memories with me.
This work continues a theme that has long fascinated me, that advertising images and product packaging promise so much but rarely deliver the perfect ideal.
I love the bold plump fonts, bright colours and the way the light highlights form and texture. It produces a never ending palette of colour, form and shine.
For the print editions of the original paintings, I enhance the colours, giving them a vibrancy of their own. I choose paper with a beautiful fine art tooth, that reflects the texture of canvas.
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