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Overview
"Whenever I am taken by a theme, I seem to have to start all over and invent my own pictorial structure"
Kenneth Webb is widely regarded as one of the preeminent landscape painters of the past century. Over the course of a distinguished career spanning more than seventy years, Webb’s artistic practice has undergone several important stylistic and thematic evolutions. His work remains characterised by a continual spirit of innovation and a deeply personal engagement with the natural world.
At the heart of Webb’s oeuvre lies a desire to convey his own emotional and sensory response to the landscape. His paintings are not simply representations of place but are explorations of atmosphere, memory, and mood. Working in a bold, expressive manner, Webb has long prioritised colour as a central vehicle of meaning. Since his formative years in art school, he has embraced a highly individual palette, arriving at a visual language that is both luminous and immersive.
Webb’s achievements have been recognised through exhibitions at many leading institutions, including the Royal Academy in London. In 1957, he founded the Irish School of Landscape Painting and has since lectured at such esteemed venues as the Tate Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Gallery, London. Today, Webb’s paintings are held in numerous international collections and are highly sought after by collectors around the world. Since 2010, Gladwell & Patterson have proudly represented Kenneth, during which time his monumental canvases have garnered acclaim among collectors in the United Kingdom, the United States, China and beyond.
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Works for sale
Kenneth Webb
EvermoreOil on Canvas76 x 152.5 cms / 30 x 60 inchesSigned 'Webb' (lower left)Description
In Evermore, Kenneth weaves memory, myth and landscape into a tapestry that feels at once ancient and immediate. This work stands as a tribute to the enduring connection between the Irish people and the land that shapes their language, culture and spirit. Though deeply inspired by the Connemara boglands, whose geometric peat cuts, twisted flora and shimmering light have shaped much of Kenneth’s visual vocabulary, Evermore does not present a literal depiction of place. Rather, it is a synthesis of motifs, sensations and emotional truths that arise from the artist’s long relationship with the west coast of Ireland. The vibrant palette and symbolic forms suggest a landscape drawn as much from imagination as observation.
In the foreground, skeletal trees twist upward, their branches reaching toward the glowing sky like a chorus of silent voices. These ghostly forms echo Kenneth’s earlier explorations of blackthorn and bog oak, once again animated with a strange vitality. They may be remnants, but they are not relics - they stand as symbols of endurance, rooted yet reaching. Behind them, the scars of peat cutting stretch out in rhythmic succession, reflecting slashes of cerulean, violet and gold. The bog is not empty or bleak; it breathes with mystery and light, rendered in Kenneth’s signature vivid textures and luminous palette. The sky, ablaze with coral and gold, crowns the composition with radiance and weight.
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