Mark Spray paintings December 13, 2011
I’ve been to England only once in my life. A long time ago. Student. North, a city called Bolton, not far from Liverpool and Manchester. One clear thing I remember is the trip from there to London, listening to The Waterboys (This Is The Sea) and looking at the country. A dream picture. And the feeling I understood at that right moment why that music sounded like that.
Curiously I’ve never been there again but I definitely should. From South to North.
That’s what Mark Spray does for his paintings. Travelling the whole country. He kindly sent me the book of his series “A final pilgrim”. Wow he even told me he found some resonance in Untimely Tales with two particular paintings. Anyway…
Can’t help thinking those raw landscapes are amazing. What a long process, travelling for months in lost places around England and Scotland, then final work inside the studio. Have a look and sink into it :
Inspiring, right ? Visit his website for more… far more…
3 Comments
Isabel, Jose, so glad you like those paintings ! the more I think about it the more I love the concept of being close to the nature in order to capture its colors, textures and shapes… “Pilgrimage”…
A Great work, Laurent . Congratulations to Mark Spray
A strong work with a perfect sense of color and texture which allows the development of a peculiar poetry.