New painting and the natural beauty of colour

The Artist Outside his studio with new painting / 2016

There is something about seeing the true colours of a painting in the natural, pure daylight which I just love. 

Getting a decent photograph outside in the English weather is often a challenge, especially when it's nearly always raining like it has been this summer, to timing is key. 

The natural light exhibits the authentic, aesthetic quality of the paint at its best. You can feel the colours jumping out at you, wrapping around you, embracing in all their beauty.

The asymmetrical balance in this work supports the larger range of clear colours.  Following Kandinsky, intuition is a guide in the process of constructing the layers of colour.

Despite the abstract imagery, my paintings act in an interpellative manner to engage the subjectivity of the viewer, whilst also imparting an energizing, positive sense of possibility. Most important to me is to animate the viewers’ space with a stimulating appreciation of movement and vivacity. 

This painting, with its unconstrained energy, aspires to music, having its own rhythm, flow and emotion. 

 Rocking With The Weapons Of Creation And Destruction

 Acrylic on canvas          160 x 160 cm

SOLD PAINTINGS!

Excellent news! Just sold these two paintings for an enterprise being developed in Bath.

These are earlier pieces, but also my largest works to date. I'm looking forward to seeing them up in their new venue. I'll keep you posted.

   In The Mechanical Console Of My Orchestral Eye

    Acrylic on canvas - 2011

   183 x 283 cm

The Clicking And Exploding Of Chance Actions

Acrylic on canvas - 2011

213 x 213 cm

Introduction

A very warm welcome everybody, to my very first artists blog! I will begin by pointing you directly to my artists website, as it's had a brand new make over, with which I am very pleased. www.markelliottsmith.co.uk Best viewed on a pc. I hope you enjoy my work.
I am interested in painting that is contemporary and forward looking. In brief, I am passionate that in my paintings, people will find a sense of optimism in the dynamic forms and shapes, recall an impression of innocence in the playful, bold use of colour, become immersed in their smooth, stylistic, more sophisticated and graphical quality and engage in their almost tangible resonance that I hope will motivate and excite the human spirit. I am especially interested in bringing my paintings to contemporary workplace environments. This could be somewhere like a spacious modern design studio, hotel foyer, or office building. I feel they would compliment many of these spaces ideally and inspire those who work there. I have sold work to corporate clients through the Adam Gallery, who are based in Bath, UK, which incidentally is where my current studio is.
I have dedicated much of my time to developing my artistic career over the last 10 years since graduating from university, many of those years spent finding and developing a visual style that most resonates with 'who I am'. I hope you enjoyed this introduction. Please take a moment to look at my website. You can also find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/markelliottsmith/?ref=hl and Twitter @artymarksparks.

The Erratic Charismatics Of Euphoric Apparitions (Acrylic on canvas / 160 x 160 cm)