Loynes Gallery is dedicated to the sale, exhibition and promotion of the paintings and art work of the late English artist Kenneth Loynes. A serving soldier in Normandy during World War II, the artist's work is deeply concerned with the atrocities of warfare. Suites of work include studies of the battle of Stalingrad, of the nazi occupation, and of the contemporary conflict in Iraq. Dark paintings of the heads and craniums of soldiers recollect and testify to the artist's own experiences of WWII, and, indeed, of apartheid South-Africa; a running commentary exposing the tragedy of Man's inhumanity to man. Juxtaposed with these are the artist's nudes, female figures and torsoes that in their archaic form have symbolised life forces, attraction and fertility throughout the ages. These paintings are also mostly kept in dark tones, the figures feminine and strangely inviting. Other works include portraits ranging from de Kooning to Samuel Beckett to Emerson and Thoreau, and works relating to greek myth: The Bacchae by Euripedes, for example. The artist left a legacy encompassing first hand experience of 20th century warfare, as well as more conventionally palatable portraits and studies of figures from literature, art and myth. Above all, he was compelled to paint. Please take the time to view some of his paintings.