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Nightscape

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acrylic on canvas - 20 x 16 inches

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acrylic color expressionism landscape night

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shhightower

just excellent work 5 +++++

1 month ago

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

You make me feel proud Steve...thank you!

1 month

Romuald KOSINA

I like its simplicity and colours!!!
5*!
Romek

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Thank you Romek!

1 month

Rene Ury

Dreamy and mystical nightscape with great colors and soft texture!

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Thanks Rene

1 month

Carma Jewell

love this mark, how are you? I need to catch up on your work, missed quite a few I see

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Hi Carma....don't think you've missed any...posted this at the beginning of the new year, and haven't been around since......hope you're well....x

1 month

edmund

I can hear Alban Berg's "Wozzeck" in the field at sunset and the world turns to blood. Yes i have just watched this opera on DVD and its brilliant.

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Haha, no wonder you see those things Edmund, thanks so much!!

1 month

Chris(tian) v. Grumbkow

I find this a very good abstract painting Marc.....your red palette draws me into the street, which leads nowhere but right into my own feelings or thoughts..... and that happens with all the "strange" forms tinted into warmth and a whispering world of secrets.

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Thanks for such a lovely interpretation Chris!

1 month

Angela Susan Harrison

Warm and soft colours, producing effect for 'Nightscape'.Appears like a city arial view and has an encompassing atmosphere of warmth and comfort.Has depth and pattern, and one could look at this painting from different angles to produce different effects of 'Nightscape', maybe dream-like, or the warmth that is needed to create a cosy atmosphere in the Winter-time. An Abstract painting producing 'Warmth'. Dream-like! 5***** Regards Angela

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

How intuitive Angela, and so lovely to hear!!

1 month

Beata Belanszky - Demko

This is a strong piece Mark! Very strong. And little bit scary. I don't know, if it is God's hand I can see up there, touching us during the night, or a mouse looking down to a labyrinth... I hope you don't mind me telling these emotions.

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Oh you see the fear, the surreal, the ambiguous....great Beata!!

1 month

Trudi H

Hello Mark :) Interesting work as always !! i have no idea what it is but it pulls me in .. :))

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Thanks so much Tootsie, so glad something pulled you in :)

1 month

Dawn McGuire

Forgive me! Markinpoop! But my very first impression was a slaughter house! Sorry! A clean one! 'The dark nightscape of the little sheeps soul'... The little sheep is upside down and the red is symbolic of his blood.. A Dark and reflective composition! I love the colours and textural quality of the work. As Always very original! 5***** : ))

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Of course I'll forgive you Dawn, but next time you and your lovely daughter will get your bottoms spanked.......lol
I love your interpretation, and so glad that it stimulated you in such a way....thank you....x

1 month

Loretta Lytle

love the red, the perspective is great 5******

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Thank you Loretta

1 month

Adhishray

Unique and fabulous Mark!

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Thank you Adhishray

1 month

Steven A Bove

Ok so you told your significant other you were out with the boys and came back with this impression of the red light district. I wonder if we see the same things. The shape at the top is reminiscent of a rodent and the silhouettes on the shades are real. Ah yes the mind of an artist at work in the painting and the impression I get from it – nice work AGAIN…!!!

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Thanks Steven, love your interptretation....hope yer well.

1 month

william lambert

fauvisme? love it

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

No william, but I imagine you get that impression, because I've used the red for night.....thanks!

1 month

Stuart Boyd

hi mark how are you and i really do like this new pictur you have done its amazeing :)

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

I'm well thanks Stuart, just taking some time out, and wrestling with new ideas.......thanks, and hope you're well too!

1 month

Chrisann

Mark~ I like the arrangement of colors and all you did with this... incredible work :)

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Thanks so much Chrisann

1 month

Raymond Wunna

Hi Mark I have read all the comments by other artists on your work, they are saying all sort of things that they think, but I say your "Nightscape" is a perfect potrayal of the force of darkness that loomes in the shadow of the night.The soft darkness and the mystical feeling is in there. which is the real you my friend. You have actually dig deep into ypur soul to paint this painting not every one could do that.I take my hat off for you Mark yopu are aa artist with feelings.

cheers,

Raymond.

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

I'm very flattered, thank you so much Raymond

1 month

Doris Billing

I love the angles, here, and great vivid color, Mark! 5***** Sincerely, Doris

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

No angels here Doris, but thanks all the same * s *

28 days

Zivka Koceva Karadjovska

Mystical night scape,great texture,lovely colors.5*****

1 month

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Thanks so much Zivka

28 days

Jules

Hey Mark..this one scared me a little!! Fantastic colours of course my favourites.....I think I agree with Raymond...so i let him do the talking....hope you are well...I havent been painting recently..had a lot on...need to get back to it...but first..I need some chocolate...xxxx

29 days

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Hi Jules, and thanks for that....no, I haven't been painting much either - to bloody cold - I need something more than chocolate.....haha x

28 days

Robin Forsyth

Nice shapes and great colours Mark. I am not looking too deeply into this, it just pleases me. 5*

29 days

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Thanks so much Robin, hope all's well

28 days

Robert Doesburg

Hello Mark,
Nightscape is a strong and powerful abstract.
With excellent warm colours.
Fantastic composition.
Well done again!!..:-)
Kind regards, Robert

27 days

Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

Hi Robert, thank you so much for your lovely reply.

27 days

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Artist Statement
for Mark S J Shirley ( BA HONS )

United Kingdom

Hi, I'm Mark, I teach Painting and Drawing to people with Mental Health Difficulties.

I achieved a BA (HONS )at Coventry University - in the UK - and learnt fuck all!

I'm Inspired by Language ( painterly and verbal ) Facial Expressions, Movement,Time, the Surreal and Colour.

I'm a figurative painter, who treads the fine line between figuration and abstraction.
My working mediums consist of acrylic, pastel & mixed media.
I love the process of painting, and the gestures it reflects back at me. Much of my work relies on accident & chance. How I develop it depends on what is presented before me,out of the chaos I create.

The subject matter usually consists of ' The Human condition ' and something that underscores social commentary, with the added anchor of wit and irony, but I don’t claim to be a mouthpiece for society, and I’m not trying to be moral or to tell a story.

Within my working practice, I find the problem being :

' trying to convey fact, in an non - illustrational way '

I advocate this quote, and despise illustration - it has no soul!

Please feel free to contact me regarding anything you may wish to ask, but not share on this site:

artypoet@msn.com

Favourite Artists - :
Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Walter Sickert, De - Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn.

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