b. B. Kemp

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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.

Beverly A. Kemp was a Born Artist, someone who could literally make something out of nothing; such as folding a scrap of Spearmint chewing gum wrapper into a origami bird. Pottery, wood sculptures, weavings made of Rya knots and jewelry fabrication were at the core of her creative output. Beverly taught art to those so young they could barely hold a Crayon and to those who held college degrees. After earning a Masters degree in Art Education from the University of Texas, Beverly instituted an art program for the elementary school in the Manor Independent School District. During the last 20 years of her life, Beverly turned to oil painting including genres that run from sublime, thought provoking images, interfaith inspirational scenes and controversial depictions of American absurdism.

According to Pablo Picasso, ‘Every child is a born artist’. What Picasso failed to say was that not every child stays an artist, the creative urge must be in the DNA.     

 This gallery was founded by Bill Kemp in loving dedication to his late wife, Beverly A. Kemp.
It stands as a continuation of her life’s work—her belief in creativity as something sacred, generous, and meant to be shared. This space exists to honor her spirit, her imagination, and the countless lives she shaped through her devotion to art.