Kristian Purcell
@kristianpurcell.bsky.social
Artist working between the historical & personal. Illustrator of ‘Doom Towns, a Graphic History of Atomic Testing’. Teacher of Art. He/him. www.kristianpurcell.com
Insta: @kristianpurcell
Insta: @kristianpurcell
Obsessed with Hania Rani’s Non-Fiction right now sptfy.bio/nonfiction
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Obsessed with Hania Rani’s Non-Fiction right now sptfy.bio/nonfiction
Each drawing the rest of an often arduous search into my vast collection of archive images. I am searching for a resonance to an emotion or thought unexpressed until the image is found and the process begun.
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Each drawing the rest of an often arduous search into my vast collection of archive images. I am searching for a resonance to an emotion or thought unexpressed until the image is found and the process begun.
Newly finished bit of drawing.
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Newly finished bit of drawing.
And it crops down to pretty much the cover of Low!
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
And it crops down to pretty much the cover of Low!
After listening to the second iteration of the @backlisted.bsky.social on All the Devils are Here (Una’s Version?) (the Miller redux?) i’m finally diving in.
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
After listening to the second iteration of the @backlisted.bsky.social on All the Devils are Here (Una’s Version?) (the Miller redux?) i’m finally diving in.
How it’s going.
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
How it’s going.
Building up early layers on a new piece inspired by a photograph of Anita Louise as Titania, Queen of the Fairies in the 1935 film adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
#anitalouise #midsummernightsdream #shakespeare
#contemporarypaintings #figurativeartist #painting #hair
#anitalouise #midsummernightsdream #shakespeare
#contemporarypaintings #figurativeartist #painting #hair
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Building up early layers on a new piece inspired by a photograph of Anita Louise as Titania, Queen of the Fairies in the 1935 film adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
#anitalouise #midsummernightsdream #shakespeare
#contemporarypaintings #figurativeartist #painting #hair
#anitalouise #midsummernightsdream #shakespeare
#contemporarypaintings #figurativeartist #painting #hair
My painting of Vivien Leigh on her birthday
'Did ever raven sing so like a lark" (Vivien Leigh), 2025. Oil on canvas, 70x60cm.
'Did ever raven sing so like a lark" (Vivien Leigh), 2025. Oil on canvas, 70x60cm.
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
My painting of Vivien Leigh on her birthday
'Did ever raven sing so like a lark" (Vivien Leigh), 2025. Oil on canvas, 70x60cm.
'Did ever raven sing so like a lark" (Vivien Leigh), 2025. Oil on canvas, 70x60cm.
November 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Bedford School Staff & Friends exhibition, PV 6.30-8 7th Nov
Show runs until 12 December
Show runs until 12 December
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Bedford School Staff & Friends exhibition, PV 6.30-8 7th Nov
Show runs until 12 December
Show runs until 12 December
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Sometimes I like to little studies of old master works to challenge myself. This is a copy of Odalisque, 1839, by Francesco Hayez I have been working on this on and off since last year and was determined to finish it. Learnt a little from this experience, especially with glazing. #painting
October 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Sometimes I like to little studies of old master works to challenge myself. This is a copy of Odalisque, 1839, by Francesco Hayez I have been working on this on and off since last year and was determined to finish it. Learnt a little from this experience, especially with glazing. #painting
A favourite corner of a painting if mine
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A favourite corner of a painting if mine
5. Glenn Brown Collection (Brown, Anna Zinkeison, Jacques Villon, Brown)
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
5. Glenn Brown Collection (Brown, Anna Zinkeison, Jacques Villon, Brown)
4. Victor Man
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
4. Victor Man
3. Leonor Fini
October 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
3. Leonor Fini
2. Danielle McKinney
October 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
2. Danielle McKinney
Saw some amazing art today:
1. Kristian Evju
1. Kristian Evju
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Saw some amazing art today:
1. Kristian Evju
1. Kristian Evju
New beginnings
October 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New beginnings