I work to find suggested narratives, open to interpretations, through a process of layering, scraping, construction and destruction, sometimes finer detail brush work, and mark making. Figures and gestures may be starting points or emerge through an intuitive process.
Mark returned to painting after an uncompleted foundation art course at age 17, eight years in the Royal Air Force, nine years studying, stints of acting, performing, writing, and jobs various, 20 years teaching English and Drama in London and Africa, and world travel.
He currently works on paper with graphite, charcoal, oil, and impasto mediums which he uses to create textured, vibrant images which hover between figuration, expressionism and abstraction.
