Kevin M Gavaghan Artist

Kevin Gavaghan is a artist living in Hertfordshire and has his studio in Hertford Town.

He paints figurative pieces that reflect the emotional memories of his past. He has had MH related illnesses since he was 12 and all his painting have a direct impact on his life or those people in his life he has been close to or spent time with.

“I paint... because it allows me to tell my story, because it's great therapy and I just simply love doing it…my story is one of Tourette's, anxiety, mental health, love, laughter, loss, anger, fear, lots of highs and lots of lows and it is still being written. Everyday my art lets a little more sunshine into my life.
Each chapter of my life has various memories of short stories and pictures. I record these memories by sketching, taking photographs, writing and I use these to form an image in my mind. My art is a reflection of the many emotions I feel or have felt about myself and my life.

My memories subconsciously form the person I am and inform the decisions I make.
​Everyone has their own painting to tell, everyone has spaces in their stories where good things should be but aren’t or where they wish they had done things differently. I choose to paint my story and, maybe, people can see one of their stories, in one of my paintings. Nothing completes one of my paintings more than to have someone connect with it emotionally.
​I paint because when we go a little deeper we can see how similar we all are”

Part of Kevin's process is to collects images and photographs, as well as making notes and drawings that reflects a memory at a point in time. These inform the emotional connection that he feels about any given moment in his past.
He creates organically and his paintings continue to develop throughout the process often changing their personality many times before settling on what he believes reflects a truth within his thoughts, much as he sees the development of his own life.

Kevin’s palette and application of bold vibrant colours dissect and bend his figures and portraits to the point of abstraction which, for Kevin, highlight the multi layers of our inner emotions rather than the external likeness of his subject. His paintings directly confront the viewer with haunting sharpness, striking energy and hope, reflecting back the emotions of the viewer.

View my website https://www.kmgartist.com/