Laurence Kell

Originally from Cornwall, I spent many years living and working at the Gurnard’s Head Hotel near St Ives, which I helped to run with my family. It was there that I began to develop my painting practice, with my work displayed throughout the hotel’s bar and restaurant.

Now living in central Bristol with my wife and our two daughters, I draw inspiration from the everyday beauty of my surroundings, exploring landscape, cityscape and still life 

I have a keen interest in portraiture and enjoy the challenge of not only capturing a likeness, but creating something with a sense of permanence and individuality.

Throughout my work, I seek to create harmony through the relationships between shape, light and colour. I am drawn to balance and stillness, finding beauty in the arrangement of everyday things and the subtle rhythms of the world around me.