Kelsey
Brookes paint
& prints [swamp
donkey]
Swamp
Donkey
Kelsey
is a former biochemist who attributes his raw style to an education
system "that refuses to teach scientists to draw." He
abandoned biochemistry because "I thought I was going to
be there for a few months to get myself some money. Three years
later I was left wondering if I had become what I always despised
—the funny guy at the water cooler—except not so funny."
Science's loss is art's gain and Kelsey's powerful canvasses attracted
due attention when he showed in London for the first time at Santa's
Ghetto in 2005. The work's potency arguably lies in the way its
clash of ancient and ultra-modern references even drown out the
sex and death which also features heavily. He describes his art
as "an unrefined mix of sex, comedy and animals which is
derived from a true passion for all three, except not necessarily
at the same time.
Kelsey
has several illustrations in Art
Bureau 13.
