Bill Kemp
The year Bill Kemp took his first breath, Franklin D. Roosevelt was still the U. S. president and D-Day made all the headlines. Rock and Roll, along with the space race, were still years in the future. By 1956 the twelve-year-old boy’s interest in art was directed toward Mad Magazine and the works of Alberton Vargas. But after 80 years of searching for truth in Conceptual Art, Psychedelic Art, Postmodern Art, Earth Art, Hyperrealism, etc. etc., Bill has concluded there is only one true art, Multi-Media Art.
Multi-Media Art: an amalgamation of various mediums; clay, glass and metal, incorporated into utilitarian items, abstract sculptures and neolithic fetish symbols that are kiln-fired to break down the essential elements into their simplest form. The result is a coalescing of free-flowing molecules into primitive works of Folk Art.
Beyond his artistic practice, Bill is the founder of Southern Style Spices and a published author. His work across business, writing, and visual art reflects a lifelong commitment to creation.