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See also...
The Waimea - a chronology
Floortalk by David Kemp, March 2012

McKee Gallery
The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson

David displayed the complete collection of his 'Rooted in Tasman' series at the Home and Garden Show

Home and Garden Show
Richmond Showgrounds,
10-12 October, 2008,
10am to 5.00 pm.

These contemporary beachscape paintings re-present local scenes, are heavilly textured and provide material for reflection, discussion and perhaps inspiration.

They can hang in both professional and domestic settings.

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Feature in the Nelson Mail (16/09/2009)
Sitting on a small desk in David Kemp's Mahana studio is a small sculpture depicting his fist ripping through a bronze wall. He describes it as his "breakthrough" work... read more

OSSEY ODYSSEY 29 Aug. 08

From 15th July to 5th June I fulfilled a long held dream of getting a hit from the 'bigness' of Australia (after living in increasingly smaller communities in NZ for the last thirty years), and experience the collections of both the major public galleries, and those of the dealer galleries that I could get to. And then to digest these and assimilate them into the next stage of my art over coming years.

It all worked out great. Fortuitously, I was able to catch some significant art events during that time that I had available.

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