Overview
 Preview: Saturday 4th March 2023, 10am - 6pm
and by appointment on Sunday 5th March 
Exhibition: Monday 6th March - Saturday 1st April 2023 
 
The Studio at Jenna Burlingham Gallery
George Street, Kingsclere, Hampshire RG20 5NQ

 

We are delighted to be holding an exhibition of works by Keith Purser. Entitled 'Elements' the show will be in the Studio at Jenna Burlingham Gallery at 2A George Street, just a few doors down from our main gallery at 10-12.

Do join us at our preview on Saturday 4th March, 10am - 6pm, and by appointment on Sunday 5th March. There will be plenty of drinks and nibbles! The exhibition then runs from Monday 6th March to Saturday 1st April 2023, 10am - 6pm.

 

To download the catalogue click on the link below. Prices range from £1,150 to £7,750. Please contact the gallery for a full price list.

 

Illustrated:

‘Meltwater’, 2020 (detail)

oil with sand on panel

48 x 99 cm. 

Works
  • Sun Over Chalk (October)
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Sun Over Chalk (October), 2018
    signed, titled and dated
    oil, sand and found objects on board
    40 x 122 cm
    15 3/4 x 48 1/8 in
    Jenna Burlingham Fine Art Ltd - Keith Purser, Sun Over Chalk (October), 2018
    £ 7,250.00
  • Littlestone III (August)
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Littlestone III (August), 2020
    signed, titled and dated
    oil with sand on panel
    78 x 77 cm
    30 3/4 x 30 1/4 in
    Sold
  • Echo Sail
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Echo Sail, 2021
    signed, titled and dated
    oil with sand on panel
    41 x 118.5 cm
    16 1/8 x 46 5/8 in
    Sold
  • Undercliff II (Carp)
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Undercliff II (Carp), 2021
    signed, titled and dated
    oil, chalk pastel and sand on panel
    61.5 x 74 cm
    24 1/4 x 29 1/8 in
    Sold
  • Set Sun
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Set Sun, 2022
    signed, titled and dated
    oil with sand on panel
    54 x 78.5 cm
    21 1/4 x 30 7/8 in
    Sold
  • Carthage
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Carthage, 2017
    signed, titled and dated
    oil, sand and found objects on board
    38.5 x 96.5 cm
    15 1/8 x 38 in
    Jenna Burlingham Fine Art Ltd - Keith Purser, Carthage, 2017
    £ 5,850.00
  • Estuary
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Estuary, 2021
    signed, titled and dated
    oil with sand on board
    38 x 109 cm
    15 x 42 7/8 in
    Sold
  • Chalk Hill Blue
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Chalk Hill Blue, 2021
    signed, titled and dated
    oil with sand on panel
    46 x 58.5 cm
    18 1/8 x 23 1/8 in
    Sold
  • Flight of the Gull
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Flight of the Gull, 2022
    signed, titled and dated
    oil with sand on panel
    44.5 x 76 cm
    17 1/2 x 29 7/8 in
    Sold
  • February
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    February, 2018
    signed, dated and titled
    oil with sand on panel
    46 x 65 cm
    18 1/8 x 25 5/8 in
    Sold
  • Wallflower
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Wallflower, 2012
    signed, titled and dated
    gouache, chalk pastel, oil and sand
    53 x 61 cm
    20 7/8 x 24 1/8 in
    Sold
  • Spring Flight
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Spring Flight, 2012
    signed, titled and dated
    gouache, chalk pastel, oil and sand
    48.5 x 59 cm
    19 1/8 x 23 1/4 in
    Jenna Burlingham Fine Art Ltd - Keith Purser, Spring Flight, 2012
    £ 4,000.00
  • Under Rain
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Under Rain, 2021
    signed, titled and dated
    oil, chalk pastel, sand and pencil on panel
    73.5 x 48.5 cm
    29 x 19 1/8 in
    Sold
  • Flight
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Flight, 2022
    signed, titled and dated
    oil with sand on panel
    22 x 78.5 cm
    8 5/8 x 30 7/8 in
    Sold
  • Tideline
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Tideline, 2004
    signed, titled and dated
    oil with sand
    53 x 58 cm
    20 7/8 x 22 7/8 in
    Sold
  • Long Dog I
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Long Dog I, 1997
    signed
    watercolour and pencil
    36 x 48 cm
    14 1/8 x 18 7/8 in
    Sold
  • Bay III
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Bay III, 2002
    signed, dated and titled
    gouache, pencil and sand
    42 x 50 cm
    16 1/2 x 19 3/4 in
    Jenna Burlingham Fine Art Ltd - Keith Purser, Bay III, 2002
    £ 2,450.00
  • Untitled (Stripes)
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Untitled (Stripes), 2009
    signed and dated
    chalk pastel, hand-colouring and sand
    20.5 x 55.5 cm
    8 1/8 x 21 7/8 in
    Sold
  • Untitled (Sea at Night)
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Untitled (Sea at Night), 2005
    signed and dated
    chalk pastel, sand and pencil
    18.5 x 56 cm
    7 1/4 x 22 1/8 in
    Sold
  • Red Promenade, Hythe
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Red Promenade, Hythe, 2011
    signed, dated and titled
    woodcut with hand-colouring
    42 x 52.5 cm
    16 1/2 x 20 5/8 in
    Jenna Burlingham Fine Art Ltd - Keith Purser, Red Promenade, Hythe, 2011
    £ 1,950.00
  • Sandgate
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Sandgate, 2009
    signed, titled and dated
    woodcut with hand-colouring
    42 x 53 cm
    16 1/2 x 20 7/8 in
    Jenna Burlingham Fine Art Ltd - Keith Purser, Sandgate, 2009
    £ 1,950.00
  • Rain Shore
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Rain Shore, 1998
    signed, titled and dated
    watercolour, chalk pastel and pencil
    29 x 59.5 cm
    11 3/8 x 23 3/8 in
    Sold
  • Yachtsman
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Yachtsman, 2009
    signed, titled and dated
    chalk pastel, woodcut and sand
    31 x 38.5 cm
    12 1/4 x 15 1/8 in
    Jenna Burlingham Fine Art Ltd - Keith Purser, Yachtsman, 2009
    £ 1,850.00
  • Steps to Water
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Steps to Water, 2007
    signed, titled and dated
    woodcut with hand-colouring
    41 x 59 cm
    16 1/8 x 23 1/4 in
    Jenna Burlingham Fine Art Ltd - Keith Purser, Steps to Water, 2007
    £ 1,850.00
  • Rye Bay
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Rye Bay
    signed and titled
    woodcut
    44 x 53.5 cm
    17 3/8 x 21 1/8 in
    Jenna Burlingham Fine Art Ltd - Keith Purser, Rye Bay
    £ 1,450.00
  • Drift
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Drift, 2001
    signed, titled and dated
    watercolour, sand and pencil
    47 x 48 cm
    18 1/2 x 18 7/8 in
    Sold
  • Untitled (Beach)
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Untitled (Beach), 2007
    signed with initials and dated
    oil and gouache
    42 x 29.5 cm (uneven)
    16 1/2 x 11 5/8 in
    Jenna Burlingham Fine Art Ltd - Keith Purser, Untitled (Beach), 2007
    £ 1,400.00
  • Goldfish at Dungeness
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Goldfish at Dungeness, 2006
    signed, titled and dated
    woodcut
    32 x 40.5 cm
    12 5/8 x 16 in
    Jenna Burlingham Fine Art Ltd - Keith Purser, Goldfish at Dungeness, 2006
    £ 1,350.00
  • Ghost II
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Ghost II
    signed and titled
    woodcut, chalk pastel, hand-colouring and sand
    25.5 x 35 cm
    10 1/8 x 13 3/4 in
    Jenna Burlingham Fine Art Ltd - Keith Purser, Ghost II
    £ 1,350.00
  • Dogs in a Boat (Pink)
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Dogs in a Boat (Pink)
    signed and titled
    woodcut with hand-colouring
    29.5 x 42 cm
    11 5/8 x 16 1/2 in
    Sold
  • Forest
    Keith Purser
    b 1944
    Forest, 2019
    signed, titled and dated
    chalk pastel and oil
    46.5 x 37.5 cm
    18 1/4 x 14 3/4 in
    Sold
Press release

JENNA BURLINGHAM GALLERY

 
Keith Purser, Elements
 
Preview: Saturday 4th March 2023, 10am - 6pm
and by appointment on Sunday 5th March
Exhibition: Monday 6th March - Saturday 1st April 2023 
The Studio at Jenna Burlingham Gallery
George Street, Kingsclere, Hampshire RG20 5NQ

 

We are delighted to be holding an exhibition of works by Keith Purser. Entitled 'Elements' the show will be in the Studio at Jenna Burlingham Gallery at 2A George Street, just a few doors down from our main gallery at 10-12.

The Preview is on Saturday 4th March, 10am - 6pm, and by appointment on Sunday 5th March. The exhibition then runs from Monday 6th March to Saturday 1st April 2023, 10am - 6pm.

 

Prices range from £1,150 to £7,750. Please contact the gallery for a catalogue and price list.

____________________
 
The sea is calm tonight.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits, on the French coast the light
Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,
Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay
From 'Dover Beach' by Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)

 

Keith Purser (b. 1944) lives and works on the edge of a huge shingle bank in the shadow of Dungeness power station, in a village called Lydd-on-Sea in south-east Kent. His home, on the tip of a headland, faces onto a wide expanse of beach and looks out to the coast of France. This is a place of light and vast skies; of open shingle dotted with the few plants that can thrive in the weather-beaten environment, and with the abandoned supplies of the local fishermen. With a landscape so devoid of features, Purser finds himself free to make determined studies of its textures.
 
Purser’s paintings are rich in surface and often include objects discovered on his daily walks. Sand, driftwood, netting, gravel, shells, sea glass and broken ceramics can often be found. In some paintings, an impression is all that is left, with the objects inscribed into their surfaces transferred and then removed. If one of these articles stays in the artist’s mind for long enough, it becomes the spark that determines a painting, spiritually present if not physically. The irregular black shapes that features so often are, for instance, reminiscent of the dozens of fishermen’s crates that pepper the shoreline.
 
Purser first sketches his compositions and then retreats to his studio at his home, from where he can watch the ships passing along the Dover Strait. Working with a calm palette of lemon and chrome yellow, ultramarine, cerulean and Prussian blue, along with the careful use of metallic pigment, he captures the light that inspires him. With flashes of whites and reds and the sparse black features, Purser recreates the light of the land, sky and sea.
 
Jenna Burlingham Gallery
George Street, Kingsclere, Hampshire, RG20 5NQ
01635 298 855      info@jennaburlingham.com     jennaburlingham.com