The Strange Effect of Light by Mark Rowney
The Strange
Effect of Light by Mark
Rowney
Mark
Rowney’s painting The
Strange Effect of Light can now be seen at
The Biscuit Factory
in
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK.
The
Strange Effect of Light (detail) by Mark
Rowney
The Strange Effect of
Light
There are moments when one’s eyes become adjusted to
the light that we see much more than first appear. 'The
strange effect of light' represents such a moment.The
beautiful creatures that dance around us at night are
always there but only seen when our own light attracts
them.
The original painting 'The Strange Effect of Light''
was painted in acrylics on birchwood panel.
"My influences are
the bees that sting me, the midges that bite me and the
birds that sing so sweetly. I was born in 1962. With a
stick and a pair of wellies I fought many battles in
the hayfields and moors of Northern England.
I grew up somewhat whilst being educated at
St Martins School of Art
in
London, after which I was lucky enough to work for
many of my favourite publishers, doing art work
for Penguin
Books,
the Radio
Times,
Homes and Gardens
and
various BBC
publications.
I moved to New York and lived in very small apartments,
producing work for the New York
Times,
Time Magazine
and
Travel and
Leisure. While in
America I became interested in leather work and
started producing products for the fashion designer
Paul Smith on 5th avenue. A fantastic way to meet
models.
Life moved on and so did I. Several months spent in an
Indian factory designing embroidered soft furnishings.
What a beautiful and horrible place.
For many years now I have been living back in the
lovely Durham dales where I pursue my love for nature
in contemporary art, occasionally I dust off my wellies
and sharpen my stick." Mark
Rowney