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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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Studio Setup for Art Production
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Supplies and Tools – what to use, where to save, and where to spend
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Painting best practices from choice of substrate, to paint making, to the archival preservation of work
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Providing Art Critiques
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Teaching How to Self Critique
MARKETING & BRANDING:
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Artist Statement & CV
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Social Media
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Shows and Exhibits
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Marketing and Branding
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Approaching Galleries
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Selling Online
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Running your art business the day-to-day
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Studio Time Management
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Products, Prints, & Reproductions
I really appreciate the way Mark brings in the history of painting with comparing the approach during different time periods, and relates it to more modern painting styles.
Mark Thompson is an excellent instructor and provides great feedback/critiques for you to learn from.
Mark is very kind and generous.
Mark is very thorough with his instruction, and generous with his time.
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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.
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