MARK THOMPSON
MASTER ARTIST
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MEDIUM: Oil Paint | Watercolor Paint | Charcoal
SPECIALTY: ✔ Generalist
Born in the Fenlands of Eastern England (1972), Mark went on to study painting at the Slade School of Fine Art in London.
His early memories of the land informed his studies, and he continues to explore the inextricable link between landscape and memory in his current body of work.
After completing his degree in 1997, he won first the Duveen and then the Rootstein Hopkins travel scholarships, which took him to Iceland, Norway and Finland.
Mark’s experiences in these harsh Nordic landscapes inspired his first solo exhibition at the Proud Galleries in London (1999).Â
Mark’s EXPERTISE
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Specialty: ✔ Generalist
Technical:
Colour and Composition
Studio Setup for Art Production
Supplies and Tools – what to use, where to save, and where to spend
Painting best practices from choice of substrate, to paint making, to the archival preservation of work
Providing Art Critiques
Teaching How to Self Critique
MARKETING & BRANDING:
Website Design
Artist Statement & CV
Social Media
Shows and Exhibits
Marketing and Branding
Business:
Pricing Artwork
Approaching Galleries
Selling Online
Running your art business the day-to-day
Studio Time Management
Products, Prints, & Reproductions
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MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST
Since that first show, Mark has been the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, including the Gilchrist Fisher Landscape Painting Award and the Villiers David Award. Mark’s paintings have been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe and America - notably with solo shows at the M. K. Ciurlionis National Museum of Art in Lithuania, the Hordaland International Art Gallery in Norway, and the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle, USA.
His work is represented in public and private collections, including the Government Art Collection of Great Britain and Microsoft collections.
In December 2019 he participated in the Pouch Cove Foundation residency, an experience that he cites as changing the course of his life. Mark now lives and works in Newfoundland, and has upcoming exhibitions in Germany and Norway.
