There are four sections here: an archive of watercolours from
early exhibitions and then three selections from shows I’ve
had in the last few years: at Thomas Williams Fine Art, Bond
St, London in 2000; the Saltwater Gallery, Burnham Market,
Norfolk in 2005; and Gallery 37, Blenheim Crescent, Notting
Hill, London in 2006.
The subjects of each show reflect where I was travelling
(or working) at the time. The 2000 exhibition largely features
landscapes from Italy and the Outer Hebrides, where I took
time off to paint the fast-moving clouds and astonishing turquoise
seas while writing Castaway (see Books).
In 2005 landscape photographer Harry Cory-Wright invited
me to show at his gallery in Burnham Market, Norfolk with
the brief that I should paint exclusively in the local landscape.
For this purpose I stayed on a boat out on the marsh in Burnham
Deepdale, waking in the early summer dawn around 3 am, sleeping
for part of the day, then continuing on into the late sunset
around 9 or 10 pm. The show mixed the resulting paintings
with Harry’s stunning images of the same part of the
world. Seeing the contrast, I very nearly gave it all up to
become a photographer, but was reassured when Harry told me
that he had started taking watercolour lessons. We both share
the same fascination for trying to capture what’s out
there in Nature; but Harry’s technology is undoubtedly
more advanced.
The 2006 show was a collection of work from trips all over
the world, from Australia to the South of France.
These pictures are now all sold, but if you are interested
in seeing what I have for sale now, please email me from the
Contact Mark page and I can send you jpegs of current work.
My watercolours start at £95 for the smallest A6 size
and go up to around £500-600 for the largest A3 size.
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