"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." Degas

It’s every young child artist’s dream to see their work on others’ walls. That ambition was realised for me when I sold my first painting at the age of 12 to a neighbour for £20.

It set me on a career path to study Interior Design in Glasgow and win national design awards.

Like many artists before me I have been inspired by my surroundings. The stunning views around the river Clyde from my hometown of Greenock provided plenty.

My first painting at the age of 10 was a view of my father and sister in the snow.

After art school I worked in the field of film and theatre set design but art commissions overtook this and allowed me to concentrate solely on painting.

My work varies from representational to contemporary…to abstract oil paintings depicting landscapes, cityscapes, atmospheres and emotions.

Influences include the River Clyde, stunning Scottish scenery and history and also travel, film and music. The creative process is a superb release.

Oil, acrylic, watercolour and pastels paints have a magical quality which enhances the transfer of breathtaking scenery to canvas.

To date my work has been requested for show by Scottish, London and Toronto art galleries.

Commissioned paintings have been shipped to buyers in Europe, the Middle East, USA, South America, Canada and Australia. My corporate art appears in offices, restaurants and hotels.

But what gives me the greatest pleasure is to use my paintings to help others, in particular charities like World Child Cancer.

Tam O’Shanter’s Witches was secured for a superb sum at auction at a recent fundraising dinner and The Last Ferry to Dunoon provoked nostalgic memories for World Child Cancer’s chairman Gordon Morrison.
Your support is most welcome and indeed lifesaving to infants struggling to fight cancer.

I hope you enjoy my collection of the signed artist proof prints of my work.

You can commission, view and buy my latest paintings on
www.kevinhunterart.co.uk / mail@kevinhunterart.co.uk

just been sent a press release that's hitting the glasgow papers ahead of tomorrow night...

Press Release on behalf of Kevin Hunter, 23 November 2011
 
A SCOTS artist is staging an online exhibition of his paintings to help fund the treatment of children with cancer in some of the world’s poorest countries.
The “doors” to Kevin Hunter’s gallery, www.kevinhunterart.co.uk, will open from midnight tonight (Thursday) to midnight on Sunday, with 25% of the proceeds going to the charity World Child Cancer.
Inspired by the views over the Clyde from his native Greenock, Hunter’s signature work includes waterfronts by night in cities such as Glasgow, New York and Toronto.
The on-line sale will support the work of World Child Cancer, which twins hospitals in the UK, US and South America with cancer units in poorer countries.
For example paediatric oncologists at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh work with child cancer services in Ghana, providing training and mentoring of staff, anti-cancer drugs, and specialist advice and other assistance.
In the Third World only one in ten children with cancer get diagnosed, treated or given pain relief.
Hunter raised nearly £1000 from a similar event last year for the Scots Australian Children's Cancer Trust which supports WCC as well as child cancer units in Scotland and Australia. It was set up by the family and friends of infant Joseph MacDermid who was diagnosed with a brain tumour shortly after his parents emigrated to Australia from Scotland, and is now recovering after surgery and chemotherapy.
“Very few children in poorer countries could hope for this kind of treatment, and we want to change that,” he said.