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eric kempson

This artist accepts commissions

Mediums Used

olive wood, Varnish,

The multi-talented Eric Kempson was born in Hampshire, England in 1955, and was brought up and educated in Winchester. His early career encompassed animal keeping, working with big cats and baboons in safari parks in England and Italy, estate management, and large-scale landscape design. In 1999 he moved to Molyvos, Lesvos, Greece, with his wife and baby daughter.

He now devotes himself to his painting, and to sculpture in the local olive wood:- over the years he has perfected his own techniques for working this notoriously difficult material. His influences range from Ancient Greek and Old English mythology to twentieth century Surrealism, but for his sculptures he derives his main inspiration from the grain, texture, and shape of the wood he is working with at the time. Today, Lesvos is one of the main centers of olive cultivation in Greece, with the highest density of trees – over eleven million, more than 120 for every inhabitant of the island.

Eric lives and works in an olive grove in a valley within the mystic seven hills of Eftalou, home over the centuries to poets, writers, and seekers after peace and wisdom.

Much of his raw material, all personally selected, comes from within walking distance, from trees at the end of their working lives, often centuries old, which over time have developed the density and beautifully convoluted grain which makes working olive wood so difficult, but which is central to his work, and makes the finished pieces so rewarding.

Eric Kempson`s Statement
“I am not a “trained” artist. I never attended formal art training. My skills have grown and i have learned to express myself the old fashioned way, techniques by trial and error, inspiration from life itself and my surroundings. This is why i think my art is so varied, i have not been channeled into a way of thinking by other people. I love the surreal but also the classics, abstract and realism, spiritual and mythical.

Sculptures by eric kempson

WHO NOSE (Abstract Surreal Carved Nose sculpture)

£300

Peace And Wisdom, The Monk

£950

Cyclops (Small Abstract Olive Wood carving statuette)

Grace (Carved Wooden Standing Woman and Hat statue)

£600

Serenity (Carved Olive Wood Woman statuette)

£800

Emerging eye (Abstract Carved Arm and Eye statue)

£500

Our Lady (Naive Madonna Carved Olive Wood statue)

£1,667

Edvard The Scream (Carved Olive Wood Garden statue)

£2,250

MEDITATION (Carved Olive Wood Abstract sculptures)

£150

Green Man (Traditional Carved Wood Suspended sculpture)

£917

Hatching (Face Egg Primitive Wood Carving sculpture)

£1,400

Split Personality (Semi Abstract Olive Wood sculpture)

£834

Leonidas Spartan King (Carved Olive Wood Head sculpture)

£1,450

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Anatomical Sculptures of parts of the human body Carved Abstract Contemporary Modern sculpture statue carving Carved Wood sculptures Focal Point Abstract Contemporary Modern sculpture statue Humorous Witty Amusing Lighthearted Fun Jolly Whimsical Sculptures Statues statuettes figurines Phallic sculpture Buddha sculptures statues figurines statuettes Contemplative, Restful, Thougtful Sculptures Meditation sculpture/statues/statuettes/figurines Religious Sculpture Spiritual sculpture Indoor Inside Interior Abstract Contemporary Modern Sculptures Mythical Legendry Folk Lore Sculptures Objects of desire sculptures Females Women Girls Ladies Sculptures Statues statuettes figurines Figurative Abstract Modern or Contemporary Sculptures Statues statuary statuettes figurines Primitive Naive sculpture statue carving casting Stylized People Sculptures Corporate Sculptures Emerging Form or Face or Feature sculpture statue statuette for sale Surrealist Sculpture Busts and Heads Sculptures Art Inspired by Great Paintings Human Form: Abstract Sculptures Interior Indoors Inside Sculpture Green Man (and Green Woman)Faces, Busts, Heads, Torsos Grotesque sculptures/statues /figurines to order Commission Custom Bespoke sculptures High Relief or Haute Relief Carving Sculpture Wall Panel casting in Bronze / Copper Wall Mounted or Wall Hanging sculpture Primitive or Naive style Sculpture or Statuary Round Disk, Dish, Flat Circular Ring Shaped Sculptures / Statues statuette statuary Abstract Contemporary Modern Outdoor Outside Garden / Yard Sculptures Statues statuary Mask, Wall Hung Faces and Part Heads Sculptures, carvings panels Statues

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