Kristian Purcell
@kristianpurcell.bsky.social
Artist working between the historical & personal. Illustrator of ‘Doom Towns, a Graphic History of Atomic Testing’. Teacher of Art. He/him. www.kristianpurcell.com
Insta: @kristianpurcell
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Dana Andrews pops in for a studio visit…
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Dana Andrews pops in for a studio visit…
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Katharine Hepburn by George Hoyningen-Huene for Vanity Fair, 1934.
December 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Katharine Hepburn by George Hoyningen-Huene for Vanity Fair, 1934.
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Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
Exclusive: David Walliams dropped by publisher over inappropriate behaviour towards women
Telegraph investigation into best-selling children’s author uncovers claims that he ‘harassed’ junior female employees at Harper Collins
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
Some of the best moments of the past few years have been spent reading books to my girls - Sophie Anderson, Katya Balen, and Kiran Millwood Hargrave are incredible talents amongst many and there are so many great authors for young people, should anyone have a sudden gap on the lids bookshelves.
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Some of the best moments of the past few years have been spent reading books to my girls - Sophie Anderson, Katya Balen, and Kiran Millwood Hargrave are incredible talents amongst many and there are so many great authors for young people, should anyone have a sudden gap on the lids bookshelves.
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Margaret Rutherford and Celia Johnson photographed here in the stage version of “REBECCA” taken at The Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, 1940
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Margaret Rutherford and Celia Johnson photographed here in the stage version of “REBECCA” taken at The Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, 1940
Starting to feel like Dana Andrews staring at this painting of #genetierney all day. lots of fine details and layers still to do, but she’s coming together.
#filmnoir #filmsky
#filmnoir #filmsky
December 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Starting to feel like Dana Andrews staring at this painting of #genetierney all day. lots of fine details and layers still to do, but she’s coming together.
#filmnoir #filmsky
#filmnoir #filmsky
More soft painterliness for 2026, I think.
December 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
More soft painterliness for 2026, I think.
A pair of Shakespearean actresses on the last stages. Hope to get them finished by the end of the year.
December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A pair of Shakespearean actresses on the last stages. Hope to get them finished by the end of the year.
I’m on Christmas holidays from the day job so treating myself to the completely frivolous task of painting a version of the iconic painting from Preminger’s Laura, 1944
#filmnoir
#filmnoir
December 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I’m on Christmas holidays from the day job so treating myself to the completely frivolous task of painting a version of the iconic painting from Preminger’s Laura, 1944
#filmnoir
#filmnoir
All work and no play makes Kristian a dull boy… so off to the Imax tonight…
December 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
All work and no play makes Kristian a dull boy… so off to the Imax tonight…
December 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Faces I’ve painted in the past year.
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Faces I’ve painted in the past year.
A quick sketch this evening. Naomi Watts after a fantastic photo by Chris Floyd.
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A quick sketch this evening. Naomi Watts after a fantastic photo by Chris Floyd.
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Ambrose McEvoy, The Ear-Ring, 1911
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1112764
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1112764
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Ambrose McEvoy, The Ear-Ring, 1911
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1112764
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1112764
Obsessed with Hania Rani’s Non-Fiction right now sptfy.bio/nonfiction
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Obsessed with Hania Rani’s Non-Fiction right now sptfy.bio/nonfiction
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The book to which - by chance - I owe my getting back into academia…
I love this book.
I love this book.
After listening to the second iteration of the @backlisted.bsky.social on All the Devils are Here (Una’s Version?) (the Miller redux?) i’m finally diving in.
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The book to which - by chance - I owe my getting back into academia…
I love this book.
I love this book.
Newly finished bit of drawing.
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Newly finished bit of drawing.
After listening to the second iteration of the @backlisted.bsky.social on All the Devils are Here (Una’s Version?) (the Miller redux?) i’m finally diving in.
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
After listening to the second iteration of the @backlisted.bsky.social on All the Devils are Here (Una’s Version?) (the Miller redux?) i’m finally diving in.
How it’s going.
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
How it’s going.
Building up early layers on a new piece inspired by a photograph of Anita Louise as Titania, Queen of the Fairies in the 1935 film adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
#anitalouise #midsummernightsdream #shakespeare
#contemporarypaintings #figurativeartist #painting #hair
#anitalouise #midsummernightsdream #shakespeare
#contemporarypaintings #figurativeartist #painting #hair
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Building up early layers on a new piece inspired by a photograph of Anita Louise as Titania, Queen of the Fairies in the 1935 film adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
#anitalouise #midsummernightsdream #shakespeare
#contemporarypaintings #figurativeartist #painting #hair
#anitalouise #midsummernightsdream #shakespeare
#contemporarypaintings #figurativeartist #painting #hair
My painting of Vivien Leigh on her birthday
'Did ever raven sing so like a lark" (Vivien Leigh), 2025. Oil on canvas, 70x60cm.
'Did ever raven sing so like a lark" (Vivien Leigh), 2025. Oil on canvas, 70x60cm.
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
My painting of Vivien Leigh on her birthday
'Did ever raven sing so like a lark" (Vivien Leigh), 2025. Oil on canvas, 70x60cm.
'Did ever raven sing so like a lark" (Vivien Leigh), 2025. Oil on canvas, 70x60cm.
November 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM