KEVIN BARRON
An Art School MA graduate from the late 1960s, Kevin Barron has been a practising visual artist for
nearly six decades.
A brief hiatus from his artwork in the early 1970s took him into the world of popular music,
working for Cat Stevens and touring with the Rolling Stones
His art form, two-dimensional, has taken on different formats over the years
His primary focus has been in the field of psychedelic art and more specifically, the rare and
unusual art form, LSD blotter. He sees this conceptual art form as both literally and figuratively the highest
example of psychedelic art.
ICONOPHAGY: The practice of image ingestion
What other art form can you observe a minute image on a tiny square of paper, which once
ingested. takes the consumer on a mind-expanding journey?”
The overall micro/macro experience can be seen in his current artwork, which
uses the blotter art concept as a template for his imagery.
An exhibition of this work was shown in Carson City, Nevada, in 2024
Kevin is considered to be one of the few great living blotter artists, and original and rare examples of his blotter
are treasured by avid collectors and highly valued.
His artwork has been exhibited in London, Paris, Ibiza and the U.S.A.
His autobiography, “BLOTTO”, Adventures and Misadventures in Psychedelia,
was published worldwide by Amazon in May 2024
He is currently working on a full-colour art book featuring a cross-section of artists
who have at one time produced blotter art. Tentatively titled….