This series combines magical realism with social satire and commentary. Set by the coast, fun fairs, lighthouses, beached icons of consumerism, armies of men in suits; serve as characters and backdrops for a very contemporary farce. There is a sense of a garden of earthly delights gone wrong, a bonfire of the vanities; as lost, often surreal figures, grotesques, at once trapped in their own conceit and social manner strut across apocalyptic amusement parks. ‘Alpha’ males launch themselves in flying dodgem cars in vain attempts at transcendance. Kerrison was brought up in Glasgow and the influence of the dystopic writing in Alistair Gray’s ‘Lanark’ and the artists of Scottish painters of the 1980’s such as Peter Howson is clear. With titles like ‘Crunch Time’ an attempt at some critique of the current economic situation is clear. Within this ambivalent critique of capital, the ghosts of memory resonate through Kafkaesque landscapes of 20th century nightmares and male angst, refracted through a comic-book eye.
All the Fun of the Fair
oil on canvas 100x100cms 2013 SOLD
Hear no, See no, Say no Evil
oil on canvas 50x100cms 2010
Merry-Go-Round
oil on canvas 91x61cms 2013
Ship of Fools
oil on canvas 90x90cms 2010 SOLD
The Lord of Misrule
oil on canvas 76x60cms 2013
Promenade
oil on canvas 102x71cms 2009
Ship of Fools (study)
oil on canvas 50x50cms 2009 SOLD
Helter Skelter
charcoal on paper 144x103cms 2007
Crunch Time
charcoal, carbon, graphite on paper 2009 SOLD
Under Pressure
charcoal on paper 42x30cms 2009
Under Pressure I
charcoal on paper 42x30cms 2009
Windy Day
oil on linen canvas 60x30cms 2011 SOLD
Land of Cockaigne
charcoal and carbon on paper 55x70cms 2010
(after Breughal)
Land of Cockaigne
oil on canvas 60x76cms 2010
Cain and Abel
oil on canvas 50x40cms 2011 SOLD
Storm in a Tea Cup
oil on canvas 2018
Playtime
oil on canvas 25x35cms 2017
In the Machine
oil on canvas 50x40cms 2016
Monday Morning
oil on linen canvas 40x40cms 2009 SOLD
Siren
oil on canvas 50x40cms 2009 SOLD
Presence
oil on canvas 35x25cms 2009
I May be Late home Dear
oil on canvas 100x50cms 2009
Beached
oil on canvas 50x40cms 2011
Whoops !
oil on linen 30x30cms canvas 2010
Check Mate
charcoal and carbon pencil on paper 2009
Check Mate II
mixed media on paper 147x72cms 2009
Nemesis
oil on canvas 90x 61cms 2021
Three Musketeers
oil on canvas 100x120cms 2017
The Red Baron
oil on canvas 80x80cms 2011 SOLD
Hero
oil on canvas 20x25cms 2011
Fit for Purpose ?
oil on canvas 60x120cms 2013
Today, Tomorrow and the Day After
oil on canvas 61x76cms 2013
Lucky Dip
oil on canvas 45x61cms 2013
Bargain Hunters
oil on canvas 50×100 cms 2017
Derby Day
oil on canvas 60x25cms 2011
Derby Match
oil on canvas 80x60cms 2013
Last Man Standing
oil on canvas 90x60cms 2014
Alpha Squadron
oil on canvas 50x105cms 2013
Rush Hour
oil on canvas 80x30cms 2014 SOLD
Going for a Ride
oil on canvas 40x50cms 2018 SOLD
Man and Machine
oil on canvas 30x30cms 2016
Master of the Universe
oil on canvas 40x30cms 2013 SOLD
Epic
oil on canvas 30x60cms 2013
Epic II
oil on canvas 61x122cms 2013
Game-changer
oil on canvas 50x50cms 2013
High Flyers
oil on canvas 20x50cms 2014 SOLD
Unfamiliar Ground
oil on canvas 15x15cms 2015 SOLD
Pushing the Envelope
oil on canvas 20x50cms 2017
Showboating
oil on canvas 15x20cms 2015
Nostalgia
oil on canvas 20x20cms 2013
Relic
oil on canvas 25x20cms 2013 SOLD
Relic II
oil on canvas 20×20 cms 2014 SOLD
Relic III
oil on canvas 15×15 cms 2014 SOLD
Relic IV
oil on canvas 61x52cms 2014
Relic V
oil on canvas 48x38cms 2015
Fragment I
oil on canvas 30x25cms
Fragment II
oil on canvas 15x20cms 2015
Nice Work
oil on canvas 20x25cms 2011
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