Kemper is the recipient of many major design awards, and his work is well represented in both liturgical and commercial installations. He is particularly active in the design of large public art projects.

Orlando Int’l Airport, Orlando, Florida, 2000. A 100 foot long leaded glass window, utilizing hand blown glass, bevels, and cast lenses. This huge window effectively suggests the uplifting sensation of flight.

Our Lady of the Woods Chapel, Bellarmine University, Louisville, Kentucky, 2001. This 18’ tall window is also a leaded window, but shows Kemper’s evolving painterly approach . The hand blown flashed glass is elaborately acid etched and employs black paint to augment the lead lines. The cool brush strokes take advantage of, and ignore, the lead lines in this beautifully balanced composition.

Fond du Lac, Sister of St. Agnes, Wisconsin, 2002. Kemper has now discarded the lead line altogether and the extensively acid etched glass is laminated to tempered float glass, the pieces cut precisely to fit. His powerful brush strokes flow across the room without interruption.

Paducah, Columbus, Ohio, 2004. Kemper returns to exuberant flowing color in this 30’ race across the room. Only hand blown glass can reward the artist and viewer with such rich and liquid color. This quality is brought out by the frosted surrounding glass, which eliminates background distractions.

Church of the Resurrection, Lourdes Hospital Chapel, Kentucky, 2004. Two small 6’ high windows with delicate but passionate strokes of red and gold. Kemper’s restraint is made all the more powerful here, by his spare use of form.