Venue address: Arundel Contemporary, 2 Maltravers Street, Arundel BN18 9AP
Mark Charlton is a Brighton-based artist who produces mixed media abstract paintings, prints and sculpture. His work is a mixed media, abstract combination of screen print, painting and collage freely allowing the exploration of surface texture and graphical composition. The work is energetic and spontaneous using multiple layers, which are built up over a substantial period of time until a final composition is realised and refined. He finds a unique excitement in this layered approach which sees screen print forced to react with painted and collaged surfaces. Multiple techniques are used to decay and age the surface, which culminates in a final piece that has a striking first impression and a gentle beauty within its close up detail.
Mark was born in Margate in 1976 and studied at the North East Wales Institute of Art and Design, gaining a BA Hons in Animation Design in 2001. After spending many productive years as a freelance animator and motion designer primarily in the music industry, he devoted his time to developing his own style in mixed media art. He currently resides just a few miles along the coast from Brighton, a city he loves for its constant artistic inspiration, vibrancy and positive outlook.
Instagram: @arundelcontemporary
Email: arundelcontemporary@gmail.com
Tel: 07508 467701