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Retrospective Painting & Drawing
The recurrent theme in Kilfeather's art is the philosophical exploration of ethics, greed, power, ambition, jealousy and apathy. Counterbalanced with narratives of love, optimism and humour. Starkly and dramatically contrasting personal experiences inform the work. These experiences are the main source of inspiration for the expression of doubt and optimism in these paintings. Contact Des for further information and pricing information. Several paintings have Gallery Retail prices attached, contact Des.
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11aaaaa a website-deskilfeather-paintings Universal Unconscious, inspiring most of Des's current philosophical aesthetic art, including In'Verse Meta'Verse in Re'Verse. Academia early exploration paper: https://www.academia.edu/26569465/The_Universal_Unconscious_Perceptions_of_Existence_Conceptual_Art_Research_Overview_Paper_1
11aaaaa a website deskilfeather-paintings Universal Unconscious, inspiring most of Des's current philosophical aesthetic art, including In'Verse Meta'Verse in Re'Verse. Academia early exploration paper: https://www.academia.edu/26569465/The_Universal_Unconscious_Perceptions_of_Existence_Conceptual_Art_Research_Overview_Paper_1
11aaaaa des-kilfeather-arte-laguna-click Click, the triptych. Oil on canvas. Winner of a UK National Open ART Prize. Until philosophically understood then it becomes controversial. Inspired by contaminated supermarket chiefs. Juxtaposed, then, by the ethically valid John Lewis, Waitrose, staff ownership agenda. Inspired by and refers to the then actual Chief Executives of Waitrose, Tesco and Sainsbury's Supermarkets. That part of the painting also inspired by Elvis Costello's father, Ross's, role in the Secret Lemonade Drinker advert...Plus of course Fairytale of New York...
11aaaaa website-universal-unconscious-curating Research quantum physics and the collective unconscious. 12 canvasses, oils. Canvasses can be separated and shown in differing combinations or in different locations, moved around on a regular basis. The potential combinations of display run into infinity exploring perceptions of memory, existence, space and time.
11aaa black-hole-cube We know nothing yet.
1aaaaaa2 lowres Y2T7952 Philanthropic Aestheist. Oil, indian ink, watercolour, on gesso prepared board. Unframed work dimensions 20 x 16 inches.
1aaaaaa2 lowres Y2T7979 philanthropic aetheist part ii. 20 x 16 inches. indian ink, oil, watercolour, acrylic on gesso prepared board.
1aaaaaa3 lowres Y2T7981 philanthropic aetheist part iii. 20 x 16 inches. indian ink, oil, watercolour, acrylic on gesso prepared board.
1aaaaaa4 lowres Y2T7984 philanthropic aetheist part iv. 20 x 16 inches. indian ink, watercolour, oil, acrylic on gesso prepared board.
1aaaaaa 5lowres Y2T7988 philanthropic aetheist part v. 20 x 16 inches. indian ink, oil, watercolour, acrylic on gesso prepared board.
1aaaa 500px Y2T7427 Click. Oil on canvas 60 x 48 inches. Working with chromatic and monochromatic greys, a range of reds and a hint of yellow all subdued with greys; Click, oil on canvas, refers to the power of corporations, apathy of their victims and complicity of employees from chief executive down to the humblest customer facing supervisor who propagates lies and deceit. Whereas Click “refers” to greed, power and abuse of power this is not what Kilfeather’s work is about. Kilfeather is striving to visually identify that single human trait, that which supersedes ethics and overrules every manifestation of God and integrity, convincing the guilty that they are beyond reproach. The figures in this painting were inspired by the chief executives of the major supermarkets Tesco, Sainsburys and Waitrose, Sir Terry Leahy, Justin King and Mark Price. Also inspired by "I'm a Secret Lemonade Drinker" written and performed by Ross MacManus with vocals backing by his son Elvis Costello. Click was winner of the National Open Art Exhibition 2010 Endowment Award. This painting was also selected by the Atkinson Gallery for inclusion in the National MA and Postgraduate Contemporary Art Show, February/March 2010.
1aaaa a Y2T7695 1 Conservatives, them and us, David Cameron. Eudaemonism Part III. Forms the first image in Part III of 3 interpretative series of images. 30 x 30 inches framed. Oil and indian ink on giclee on board. Keywords: david cameron anne main alan duncan power politics conservative fine art painting labour labor liberal republican expenses rich list private estate gated community power abuse of power greed ambition outsider
1aaaa b Y2T7698 1 Eudaemonism Part III. Forms the second image in Part III of 3 interpretative series of images. 30 x 30 inches framed. Oil and indian ink on giclee on board.
1aaaa c Y2T7692 1 Eudaemonism Part III. Forms the third image in Part III of 3 interpretative series of images. 30 x 30 inches framed. Oil and indian ink on giclee on board.
1 600px Y2T7462 Loneliness of the long distance sailor. Oil on canvas, copper tacked to watercolour stained and boat varnished ply. 39 x 55 inches. Keywords: siren mermaid mythology sea ocean fine art
1 6ins Y2T7143 Criterion One. Egg tempera and iron gall ink on canvas. 12" x 12".
1 6ins Y2T7150 WD21. Oil on canvas. 40" x 30" est.
400px Y2T7212 ZZZzzz. Oil on reclaimed unstretched canvas. Keywords: red purple blue green moon night asleep xmas illustration
400px Y2T7224 Adrift. Photography of printing ink on perspex prior to monoprinting. Keywords: illustration sea ocean boating sunset green flower red pink abstract
700px1 Y2T6458 Splash 0. Indian ink and oils on water colour paper.
Jolly Sailor The Jolly Sailor; obsolesence of the officer class. Socialist First Sea Lord presented with no in-equality insignia. Oil on canvas. 36 x 36 inches. Inspired by one of the Des Kilfeather photographs of Admiral Lord West in 2005. Shortlisted for National Open Art 2012 and featured on the NOA12 website. Refers to Alan West's role as Equerry to Queen Elizabeth juxtaposed with his Labour Party Membership and Labour Govt. participation...contradictions between 'equality and privilege?' New Platinum Jubilee Edition of Trafalgar 200 Through the Lens due for release July 2022
med-res-ts-royalist-WY2T1673 Sea Cadet training tall ship TS Royalist. Free download via Flickr; for personal, non commercial use only.
SOLD 1aaaaaa1b lowres Y2T8184 SOLD SOLD Tap, tap, tap. Oil on unprimed canvas. 40 x 30 inches.
SOLD 1aaaaaa1b low res Y2T8122 SOLD Waiting for the title. 72 x 24 inches. Oil, watercolour, press cuttings, transfer printing, 23.75 carat gold leaf, tarnishing copper leaf on gesso prepared board. Keywords: princewilliam royal katemiddleton wedding rupertmurdoch sun pagethreegirl
SOLD 1aaaaab lowres Y2T8107 Thinking woman VI, resolution.Oil, 23.75 carat gold leaf and tarnishing copper leaf on canvas. 40 x 30 inches approx. Original not for sale. Prints available.
SOLD 1aaaaa lowres Y2T7957 Thinking woman VI, oil on canvas, work in progress. 40 x 30 inches approx. Original not for sale. Prints available.
SOLD 1aaaaa lowres Y2T8102 In Love With a Damaged Canvas, Resolution. 36 x 36 inches. Oil, 23.75 carat gold leaf, tarnishing copper leaf on canvas. Keywords: gold leaf copper fine art painting kilfeather dp des
SOLD 1aaaa 400 px Y2T7357 In love with a damaged canvas. Oil on linen work in progress 36 x 36 inches. Original not for sale. Prints available.
SOLD 1aaaa lowres Y2T7465 SOLD..... prints available. Its Bonkers. Oil, encaustic on tracing paper.
SOLD 1aaaa lowres Y2T7468 Study, West Dean, Colour and Liquid Form. Oil washes on tracing paper. 22 x 31 inches. Floated in box frame with perspex back.
SOLD 1aaaa lowres Y2T7519 The Walled Garden. Oil on gesso prepared board 740 x 490 mm approx. Refers to Botticelli and the 12th C. Novgorod icon; Angel of the Golden Locks.
SOLD 1 400px Y2T7223 SOLD Oil on unprepared wallpaper lining paper. Curious narrative. Philosophical top of list theory: people love most the painting which the creating artist dislikes most. A West Dean lecturer insisted that Des remove this painting from the dust bin. That painting was the very first of Des's to sell, just days after being rescued from the bin, achieving a very acceptable price. Keywords: yellows blues reds purples square shaped blocked illustratiion
SOLD 1 400px Y2T7244 A Russian Affair or Most Muscovites Drink Wine. Oil on Linen 30 x 24 inches. Acknowledging: Christopher Baker, workshop West Dean.
SOLD 1 400px Y2T7264 SOLD Study for a Russian Affair, Glass with red toned flowers. Oil on linen. 18 x 14 inches.
SOLD 1 400 px Y2T7348 SOLD Irish, the orange and the green. Study for a Russian Affair 3. Bottle on red orange toned background. 18 x 14 inches. Acknowledging: Christopher Baker, workshop, West Dean.
SOLD 1 400 px Y2T7353 SOLD Study for a Russian Affair 1. Glass with pink toned flowers. Oil on canvas. 18 x 14 inches.
SOLD 1 6ins700px Y2T7482 I Love America, an exercise in polishing, pigmenting and gold leafing. Traditional Gesso prepared board, gold leave, pigments in WRM.
SOLD 1 6ins Y2T7148 SOLD Searching for Arethusa. Dry pigment on traditional gesso prepared board finished with beeswax. 12" x 14" est.
SOLD 400px Y2T7217 SOLD Untitled study. Iron Gall Ink and Charcoal onto acrylic primed wall lining paper. Keywords: naked woman semi abstract illustration painting drawing
SOLD 400px Y2T7229 Untitled. Indian ink on paper. A1 size.
SOLD 400px Y2T7230 SOLD....prints available. Thinking woman. Indian ink, gesso and conte on paper. Thinking woman II, III, IV, etchings still available. Limited edition giclee prints available.
SOLD 400px Y2T7234 Pencil on paper.
SOLD 400px Y2T7235 Untitled. Conte on paper. A2 size.
SOLD 400px Y2T7239 Untitled. Indian ink, gesso and water colour on paper. A1 size.
SOLD 400px Y2T7242 Naked woman stained onto naked canvas. Oil on unsized canvas.
SOLD 400 px Y2T7266 Yellow Rose with mobile phone. Oil and indian ink stained into unsized, unprimed canvas. 40 x 30 inches. Print Version only available.
SOLD 400 px Y2T7271 Untitled study. Gesso, watercolour, indian ink on paper. A1 size.
SOLD 400 px Y2T7276 Untitled study. Oil stick, watercolour, indian ink and charcoal on paper. A1 size.
SOLD 500px Y2T7518 Yellow Rose. Oil on reclaimed linen on board. 16 x 18 inches. Keywords: naked woman semi abstract blues yellows illustration painting drawing
SOLD 600px Y2T7167 Untitled study. Iron Gall ink and charcoal. A1 size.
SOLD 600px Y2T7170 Blue woman on a bed of charcoal. Charcoal and gesso tinted with oil paint on paper. A1 size.
SOLD 600px Y2T7171 Detail: Blue woman on a bed of charcoal. Charcoal and gesso tinted with oil paint on paper.
SOLD 600px Y2T7173 Untitled study. Indian ink, conte and gesso tinted with oil paint on paper.
SOLD 600px Y2T7176 Untitled study. Indian ink and conte on paper.
SOLD 600px Y2T7183 Untitled study. Oil on paper.
SOLD 600px Y2T7185 SOLD Untitled study. Oil on gesso on paper.
SOLD 600px Y2T7187 Untitled study. Ink and charcoal on paper. A1 size.
SOLD 600px Y2T7190 SOLD Untitled Study II. Oil on gesso on paper. 5 x 7 inches.
SOLD 600px Y2T7193 Untitled study. Oil on paper.
SOLD 700px Y2T6432 Splash III, from a series of drawings and prints. Inspired by Flann OBrien's The Third Policeman; his surreal theories of people having colours, the properties of light and time, mirrors and the relevance of this to contemporary theories of other dimensions. Indian Ink and Watercolour drawing and edition screen prints.
SOLD 700px Y2T6433 Splash II, from a series of drawings and prints. Inspired by Flann OBrien's The Third Policeman; his surreal theories of people having colours, the properties of light and time, mirrors and the relevance of this to contemporary theories of other dimensions. Indian Ink and Watercolour drawing and edition screen prints.
SOLD 700 pxY2T6434 Splash I, from a series of drawings and prints. Inspired by Flann OBrien's The Third Policeman; his surreal theories of people having colours, the properties of light and time, mirrors and the relevance of this to contemporary theories of other dimensions. Indian Ink and Watercolour drawing and edition screen prints.
SOLD downs from house1aWY2T5368 SOLD Pre-aesthetic. View of the Downs from the front of West Dean House. Oil on canvas board 18 x 14 inches.
SOLD lilly1a WY2T5363 SOLD Pre-aesthetic. Lilly Pond at West Dean. Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches.
south downs1aWY2T5365 SOLD Pre-aesthetic. South Downs at West Dean. Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches.
walled garden1a WY2T5366 SOLD Pre-aesthetic. Walled Garden at West Dean. Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches.
WY2T5417 SOLD Pre-aesthetic. Water Garden at West Dean House. 24 x 20 inches oil on canvas.
WY2T5430 SOLD Pre-aesthetic. South Downs from Cissbury Ring. Oil on linen 21.5 x 18 inches.
z3 orchid watercolour Pre-aesthetic. Orchid. Watercolur and acrylic on paper.
z3 WY2T5799 Pre-aesthetic. Study number 3 inspired by Marilyn Monroe 7 Year Itch. With kind permission of Pictorial Press. Indian ink and watercolour on paper. Interesting 1955, same year that Marilyn Munroe posed with James Joyce's Ulysses.
z3 WY2T5804 Pre-aesthetic. Study number 2 inspired by Marilyn Monroe 7 Year Itch. With kind permission of Pictorial Press. Indian ink and watercolour on paper. Interesting 1955, same year that Marilyn Munroe posed with James Joyce's Ulysses.
z3 WY2T5806 Pre-aesthetic. Study number 1 inspired by Marilyn Monroe 7 Year Itch. With kind permission of Pictorial Press. Indian ink and watercolour on paper. Interesting 1955, same year that Marilyn Munroe posed with James Joyce's Ulysses.
Y2T6579 1 Pre-aesthetic. The beach. Oil on Linen.

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