About our Resident Artists - Mark Cawood

Born and educated in Liverpool, Mark moved to London in 1994 where he started his formal training. Mark studied Art and Design at Barking College before graduating with an honours degree in Graphic Fine Art, specialising in visual communication at the University of East London in 2,000.Mark has since concentrated on theme based projects, largely comprising of conceptual work covering sensitive issues such as the recent bacterial outbreaks within our food industry including BSE and Salmonella and the subsequent concerns for health and animal welfare. As a past member of the Association of Illustration he has supported the charity: Paintings in Hospitals, sold paintings via on-line art agencies, participated in many group and solo exhibitions including The Russell Sheridan Gallery in London, The Liverpool Academy of Arts and more recently exhibited work at the King Street Gallery, Alfreton and the Diamond Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield.Images are unpredictable perhaps even erratic, no one can be sure what affect they will have on the viewer. The image has the potential power to evoke intense mood and feeling, however only at a price, it must remain comprehensible otherwise all credibility is lost.

Mark's series of work entitled 'Distance Between Land and Sea' are a collection of large oil paintings (each 60x80cm) focusing on current global warming issues...Read more