Cassette Tape
Hit rewind, set Dolby Noise Reduction and press play on your favourite mix tape!
Test Card TV
Inspired by the block shapes and colours of the BBC Test Card
Ghetto Blaster
Capturing a sense of the immense sound and energy of the iconic 1980s Ghettoblaster
Typewriter
Bright textural paint and gleaming aluminium form this lively portrayal of the typewriter
Film Camera
Abstraction and photographic imagery overlap to create this striking homage to the film camera
Retro Collection
Drawing on his memories of growing up in the 1980s and classic symbols of eighties pop culture, Paul created this collection of retro inspired original paintings.
Vibrant neon paint is dripped, poured and scraped over the metal reflecting a sense of the restlessness of the 1980s with its non-stop development of exciting new technologies.
Inspiration
Where did the idea for a Retro Collection originate?
Retro Collection
Sparked by a recent rediscovery of my old ghettoblaster, tv, camera, typewriter and cassette tapes, my new Retro Collection revisits my memories of these classic 1980s relics. Each piece in the collection takes one of these 80s symbols as their focal point, layering them with bold painted abstraction. Vibrant neon paint is dripped, poured and scraped over the metal reflecting a sense of the restlessness of the 1980s with its non-stop development of exciting new technologies
Paul Kenton, May 2019. Thoughts on Retro Collection
You might also enjoy these other Retro paintings from Paul's 365 Project. This was a year-long journey exploring a different range of mediums & working at sizes often smaller, than with his studio pieces. In many cases these formed the studies behind the larger studio works.
Retro Collection 2019
Studio Collections
