Poppy Kettle is a figurative painter based in London.
She paints women in the style of vintage pin-ups and old Hollywood portraits, with heightened colour and expressive oil paint. Her paintings are about the way we present ourselves and the way we are seen.
Being autistic, she has spent her life watching how people show what they feel and how often they are misread. Every painting comes back to that gap between how a woman looks and who she really is.
She paints in oil on wood panel, with bold colour, hard light and close crops, and finishes every piece with neon pink sides.
Poppy has been painting since 2023 and is self-taught. She has shown at multiple international art fairs and is available through Paxton Glew in Brighton. She works from her church studio in Dollis Hill, North West London.