Pat Kent Art

WELCOME

Hi and thanks for stopping by to take a look at my site and a big thanks to those of you who keep returning.

The sites been up and running now for a couple of years now and although this year has been mad in terms of my day job, I still enjoy trying to update it as often as possible.

Since I was a kid I've always been heavily into comic's and comic art and the new crop of talent that has hit the comic market over recent years stirred me into picking up pencil and paper and start doodling again.

Buying the odd bit of comic art off of e-Bay and the like, made me realise that a lot of poor quality crap is offered for sale to the public, and it prompted me to think, "Well I used to be able to draw a bit, and I'm sure that I could do better than that!" when I witnessed some of the pieces on offer, and so I found myself sort of talked into setting up this site.

A chance chat with Dave Robert's, who runs "DSR Design" and who put this site together for me, with his Dad Steve and my brother Matt over a curry and a beer one night in Sidcup, made me think that maybe I should chance my arm and "publish" a few pieces via the Web. It took a time to materialise but in the end it finally made it into cyber-space. I hope my drawings do justice to all of dave's hard work, talents and design skills as well as paying complement to the people I try and draw.

My mate Steve Nixon was the man who planted the seed of the idea to add a blog or diary to the site. Hence the appearance in this virtual world of some of my rants and musings via diary pages.

Please feel free to look around the site, I'm a lover of glamour and pin-up art of the 40's and 50's so there's some "low-level" nudity in some if not many of the drawings, but hopefully nothing too racy or daring to shock too many sensibilities and morals out there. The plan isn't to shock I love beauty and I simply try to represent it the best way that I can.

If you're very easily offended or below a suitable age then maybe you shouldn't go any further, better you go in search of the Muffin the Mule website.....On second thoughts don't do that maybe you'd better try the Rupert the Bear site instead.......

There's a contact link floating around the bottom of this page and at the top of each of the individual sections, your comments are always appreciated..... although that might be dependent on how pleasant or blunt you want to be!

Originally I hadn't intended on selling any of my work but a few people have contacted me to enquire and are now the proud owners of a piece of graphite covered paper with my signature on it. If you're interested in buying originals or printed digital copies of the pieces please do not hesitate to drop me a line. As you can see from some of the work I'll also undertake commissions but that does depend mainly on how much time I have available and what you want produced.

I hope you enjoy the site, and please feel free to drop me a line to let me know what you think of the site and any of the work displayed. If you recognise yourself as one of the people I have drawn then I truly hope I have portrayed you in a way that you are pleased with, I don't fully subscribe to the notion that art needs to shock or offend in order to stimulate, it should please and that's what I try to aim for if I can.

As from January 2010, I will be trialling a new web-based discussion and comments board. It is hosted independent of this site by proboards and members who wish to participate will be required to register. I don't expect a large number of people to join but it would be good to "see" you there if you have the time or inclination. Pat Kent Art Discussion Board

Regards

Pat K