This work was influenced by a reading I attended at University based on Artist Andrew Bick and his work ‘Memory Club’. I used a ‘sandblaster’ to deprive the viewer of areas of paint and confuse the order by which layers of paint were applied.
The themes of Mark’s paintings are often premeditated and decided prior to the application of paint. Imagery will be conjured at the base layer in the form of various shapes and textures. Paint is subsequently applied in an expressive manor, using meditative techniques, some documented by those who practice ‘automatic drawing’. A combination of paint and varnish is then used to reveal the hidden esoteric patterns within.
