Current Solo Show
‘The Rhythm of Land and Sea’
MOMA Machynlleth 18th May –13th July 2024
An exhibition of new paintings by Mark Warner exploring connections to Land and Sea.
Mark Warner’s practice demonstrates his understanding of an ever changing environment, enabling him to respond to the changing light and rhythm of the land and sea, through the interplay of colour, contrast and brushstrokes.
Growing up on the West Wales coast has had a huge impact in the way Mark developed his particular approach to painting and how he views the landscape today.
A horizon line fascinates him.
Swathes of clouds sweep across landscapes offering a moment of joyful drama in a wide landscape. Bright greens and yellows popping out and a hillside peppered with purple heather. Then it is gone. A fleeting impression of how he views what is in front of him. His distinctive interplay of colour, vivid at times, generates a real sense of place.
His use of sketchbooks to aid painting is important to him.
Painted panorama compositions in particular, are informed by these responses, where he sketches across both sides of the sketchbook.
This can then develop into a longer compositional painting.
‘Plein air’ painting and sketching also forms an integral part of thedevelopment. He either completes work outdoors or returns to the studio todevelop it further.
In his first solo exhibition at MOMA Machynlleth, Mark will bring together a new body of work showing his connections to the West Wales coast alongside landscapes further afield.
