Sky Studies, Volume II

Keith Cunningham

£74.99

Keith Cunningham: Sky Studies, Volume II continues the exploration of the artist’s profound engagement with the sky as a site of emotional and visual inquiry. Presenting over 1,500 full-colour reproductions, this second volume spans the early 1990s to the final years of Cunningham’s artistic output, revealing a body of work marked by increasing subtlety, depth and introspection.

These late studies, executed largely in watercolour, demonstrate a distilled, meditative approach. Shifting between luminous washes and stark monochromes, the skies in these works are not just observed but felt — fleeting atmospheres rendered with restraint and sensitivity.

Organised chronologically and captioned with details of date, size and medium, the volume traces a period of sustained focus and refinement, reflecting on Cunningham’s evolving relationship with landscape and light. Keith Cunningham: Sky Studies, Volume II conveys the artist’s enduring curiosity and creative intensity, bringing to the fore a lesser-known but deeply resonant facet of his legacy.

Publication:

June 2025

Illustrations:

1522

Dimensions:

290 x 310 mm

Format:

Hardback

ISBN:

978-1-911736-27-1

No. of pages:

416

Keith Cunningham (1929–2014) was born in Sydney, Australia. He worked as a graphic designer before moving to London in 1949 where he studied at the Central School of Design (1949–51, now Central Saint Martins) and the Royal College of Art (1952–55). Cunningham continued to paint, but kept his work private, until the end of his life. At the time of his death, thousands of artworks were discovered at his studio. A selection of his oil paintings was presented in an exhibition at Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery in London, 2022.

Dr Laura Scalabrella Spada completed her PhD at University College London in the Department of History of Art in 2020. Her research focuses on early modern European art, with a particular emphasis on the body and its processes, boundaries and relations. She has published papers on the politics of corporeality and animation in early modern prints and currently works as an independent researcher.