Keith Athay

Keith ‘Kitt’ Athay has been an established seascape and abstract artist for over 20 years, exhibiting his contemporary collages extensively in the UK, and also internationally, in New York and the Hamptons, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Athay had what he describes as a ‘Huck Finn’ childhood in Somerset, which set his lifelong passion for being outdoors. An innate love of experimenting with different textures and materials turned him into an artist at a young age, and he studied at Bath College and the University of South Wales.

Kitt attaches materials such as sheet music, historic maps, poems, botanical diagrams and newspaper cuttings to canvases to create a background for his artwork. The viewer initially sees a coastal scene but on closer inspection they discover a whole, world of text and illustration lying beneath the paint layers, exciting the senses and taking them on a voyage of discovery and limitless adventure.

Keith Athay Biography

Keith (affectionately known as Kitt) has been an established seascape and abstract artist for over 20 years, exhibiting his contemporary collages extensively in the UK, and also internationally, in New York and the Hamptons, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Kitt had what he describes as a ‘Huck Finn’ childhood in Somerset, which set his lifelong passion for being outdoors. An innate love of experimenting with different textures and materials turned him into an artist at a young age, and he studied at Bath College and the University of South Wales.

Kitt attaches materials such as sheet music, historic maps, poems, botanical diagrams and newspaper cuttings to canvases to create a background for his artwork. The viewer initially sees a coastal scene, often a West Country fishing port or harbour, but on closer inspection they discover a whole world of text and illustration lying beneath the paint layers, exciting the senses and taking them on a voyage of discovery and limitless adventure.