Alan Kemp was born in 1939 and studied painting and drawing at Edinburgh College of Art. He is a regular exhibitor at The Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, the Scottish Society of Artists, and Society of Artists, Artists Craftsmen being a professional member of the latter. He has also exhibited throughout Scotland having his last on-man show at the Loomshop Gallery, Lower Largo, Fife.