David Kemp obituary (opens in new tab)

Artist who built up an imaginative and playful picture of the world using the detritus of defunct industrial plantsIn 1981 the artist David Kemp went to live in Cornwall, settling in the village of Botallack, on a rugged, far-western clifftop, capped by a clutter of ruined tin mines. He adapted an old building to use as a workshop, and began painting old furniture with crazy, surrealistic scenes of temples, sea views, beasts and breasts.Although this sold well, he became increasingly interest...